Use of single-band 2.4GHz Wi-Fi devices to impact infrastructure scalability, sustainability: Domestic group

NEW DELHI: The usage of single-band 2.4GHz-only devices or access points in the Centre’s prestigious programs such as BharatNet may impact performance, scalability and sustainability of telecom infrastructure, following top chipset vendors — Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek and RealTek — discontinuing technology support, a domestic industry group said.

‘The continued use of 2.4GHz-only Wi-Fi products in BharatNet deployments is not merely a technical issue but a strategic oversight. It negatively impacts performance, scalability and the long-term sustainability of the infrastructure while sending the wrong message to the domestic technology ecosystem,’ Rakesh Kumar Bhatnagar, director-general, Voice of Indian Communication Technology Enterprise (Voice), told ETTelecom