Telecom spectrum in 6-Ghz band key to avoid 5G radio wave crunch: COAI

Non-allocation of telecom spectrum in 6-Ghz band could lead to a radio wave crunch for high-speed 5G services, a key growth driver for the country’s digital economy and development of emerging technologies specially artificial intelligence, industry body COAI said on Tuesday.

India needs an additional 2 giga hertz of mid-band spectrum to meet the international standard of ‘IMT-2020’ user experience to ensure data rates of 100 megabit per second (mbps) on downlink and 50 mbps on uplink in densely-populated cities, COAI Director General S P Kochhar told PTI, citing global telecom industry GSMA.