India strongly poised to develop end-user applications using 5G capabilities: DoT official

New Delhi: India is in a “significantly advantageous position” to develop end-user applications using 5G capabilities, having already demonstrated its global competence in areas such as software and design, a senior telecom department official said on Wednesday. Discussions on high-frequency ‘mmWave’ spectrum band — 24.25 to 27.5 GHz bands — are moving in a positive direction, and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is also “carefully” examining various issues when it comes to backhaul spectrum, especially E and V bands, said T K Paul, director general, telecom headquarters and LSA Delhi, DoT.