DoT against giving 5G spectrum to enterprises for private network: Report

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) believes that allocating spectrum directly to enterprises for private captive networks will not be feasible and is most likely to go against it, a report by The Economic Times (ET) said on Friday. This comes when several companies like Infosys, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Power and GMR have been asking the Centre to allocate the spectrum without auctions.

The DoT will soon inform the cabinet and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) about its decision to go against private network providers, an official quoted in the report said.