BIF approaches DoT citing concerns over new captive private network norms

Industry body Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Wednesday shot off a letter to the Telecom Department flagging concerns over several aspects of newly-framed guidelines for captive private networks, including “high” networth criteria, and uncertainty on pricing of spectrum allocated.

In a letter to Telecom Secretary, K Rajaraman on Wednesday, BIF said it is “puzzled” at the stated precondition for direct assignment of spectrum to enterprises that would entail Department of Telecom (DoT) undertaking demand studies.

“While one can envisage the possibility of demand estimates/studies in the case of public or external networks, the same appear to be rather inconceivable in the case of captive/non-public/ private networks since these would vary from entity to entity