COAI opposes delicensing of spectrum in E and V bands

Industry body COAI has reiterated its opposition to delicensing of spectrum in E and V bands, stating that doing so will lead to loss of revenue to government as these bands have a very high commercial value proposition.

In a letter to communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, COAI has said spectrum in E and V bands has manifold utilities, whereby it can act both as a high capacity access spectrum for voice and data services as well as backhaul link spectrum. Going forward, the spectrum in the bands can be utilised for 5G services, so allocation methodology of the bands should be same as applicable to other 5G spectrum bands.