India’s usage of lower 6 GHz band below 0.1%: Ookla study

NEW DELHI: The usage of the lower 6 GHz band remains at 0.1% or less, nearly eight months after the Centre opened it up for low-power indoor and very-low-power wireless access systems, network testing firm Ookla said in a study released Wednesday.

“In the Philippines, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, 6 GHz has barely started, with 0.1% of samples or fewer on the band in Q3 2026,” Affandy Johan, an industry analyst at Ookla, said in the report. “That includes India, eight months after it opened the lower band.”