Difficult to provide state, district wise QoS data as required by Trai: COAI

New Delhi: Telecom operators have said it would be difficult for them to provide quality of service (QoS) data state-wise or district-wise as sought by the regulator Trai because it comes under different jurisdictions for different licensed service areas (LSA). Further, there will be difficulties in aggregation and coordination of data as it will require a new ID system set up that will entail cost and time.

Carriers also want the government to set aside mid band 6 GHz spectrum for them, saying it is critical for proliferation of 5G services, and delicensing the spectrum would lead to loss to exchequer and will also impact quality and cost of next generation services. Tech companies have also laid claim to the band, saying it can be used to propagate alternative unlicensed technologies such as WiFi-6, which can support 5G-like speeds of nearly 10 Gbps.