Opening up high-band spectrum not enough for 5G, mid-band needed: Telcos

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)’s decision to open up several 5G high-band or millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum will not compensate for the lack of 5G spectrum in mid-bands (1-6 GHz), telco officials said.

The government needs to free up at least an additional 1200 MHz of spectrum to allocate a total of 2 GHz of radio waves across the mid-band, and especially in the 6 GHz band for mobile telephony, private sector telco officials told Business Standard.