5G spectrum auction should be held after 2-3 years: PHDCCI

10 Jan 2020 Evaluate

PHDCCI Chairman (Telecom Committee) Sandeep Aggarwal has said that auction of 5G spectrum should be taken up after 2-3 years, which will help the government get proper valuations of the 5G airwaves. He said ‘while auctions should be held at the earliest, a lot of things need to be kept in mind. We need to look at whether 4G itself has been used to full capacity, and need to keep in mind that 5G standards haven't been set.’ 

The Chairman has said that 5G has the potential to transform the world and have an impact on how organisations think, work and serve their customers and new innovations will flourish. He also emphasized that India should buy 5G technology and ensure local manufacturing through licensing as it would enable domestic telecom equipment manufacturing companies to develop and flourish. He added that 5G can give India, with its proven prowess in IT, an edge and an opportunity to become a manufacturing hub of the world.

Aggarwal further stated that 5G spectrum may continue to be given since AGR and SUC will anyway be payable by the operators and noted that further discussions on this with the stakeholders will be held during TEMA-PHDCCI's 'Telecom Summit 2020'. Besides, he said the objective of the summit is to come out with concrete suggestions on how best to position India as a globally synchronised participant in the design, development and manufacturing of 5G based technologies, products and applications.

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