5G spectrum rates need to be kept a lot lower: Market body to TRAI

ITU-APT Foundation of India or IAFI, a non-profit telecom sector organization, has asked TRAI to reduce the prices of the 5G range. The IAFI suggested in its official consultation documents whether it is listed below 6 GHz band or millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands above 24 GHz, the costs need to be kept practical for telecommunications drivers.
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Based on the most recent record, IAFI advised that the reserve price for 700 MHz must be Rs 500 crores. Nonetheless, for the C-band, it ought to be Rs 100 crores. It is important to note that the charitable telecommunications authority recommended that for the mmWave band, the cost must be Rs 80 crores per 10MHz for across the country spectrum.
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“In the formerly stopped working auctions of 700 MHz, the average get cost dealt with for the public auction in 700 MHz in Feb 2021 had to do with $1.89 per MHz per pop (changed for PPP), which is 34 times more than that set Globally ($0.05) and also is also higher than the mean winning bid price witnessed worldwide ($0.54)” IAFI claimed in its submission.

Previously, mobile provider have demanded the Indian federal government to reduce its base cost by more than half. The federal government provided a 2308.80 MHz range in 7 bands, with a book cost of around Rs 4 lakh crore throughout the spectrum public auction kept in March 2021. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that the premium category of 700 MHz and 2,500 MHz bands stayed unsold due to the higher rate base.

On top of that, the federal government can not even auction the spectrum of 3.3-3.6 GHz regularity as the base cost of this band was additionally claimed to be as well costly for 5G services.

Telecom regulator TRAI has actually taken care of the base price for MHz in a 3.3-3.6 GHz spectrum at Rs 492 crore, which means drivers will certainly have to pay Rs 9,840 crore on an all-India basis to purchase range.

Nevertheless, the auction of 700 MHz regularities kept in February 2021 also stopped working, established for $ 1.89 per MHz per POP. The price was 34 times greater than the internationally set scheduled price of $ 0.05. To remember, the cost charged for the C-band range in India is $0.05 per MHz per POP, which is expensive contrasted to the costs established worldwide.