BIF calls for implementation of Cabinet decision on captive networks in ‘letter and spirit’

Mumbai: Broadband India Forum (BIF) has raised concerns over the possibility that the Government is initially considering including only the framework for enterprises to set up private 5G networks in partnership with telecom operators, by taking spectrum on lease or by getting their networks built by them.

In a statement to the press, the industry body said that such an action, if taken, will provide a “regulatory advantage to one side, more so since that side is already overly strong and has the advantages of huge external market power of an incumbent network”, which directly impacts the businesses of the weak non-telecom vertical players, i.e. enterprises.