Earmark entire 6GHz spectrum band for 5G, 6G services: Reliance Jio to TRAI

NEW DELHI: India’s top telecom operator Reliance Jio has urged the government to earmark the full 6GHz spectrum, i.e., 5925MHz-7125MHz for IMT (mobility) services to ensure that adequate spectrum is available to each carrier for 5G and introduce 6G services. It said the auction route is the “only legally tenable and technologically feasible mode of spectrum assignment” for commercial uses.

“As 6 GHz band is the only mid-band spectrum available for IMT services, full 6 GHz (1200 MHz i.e. 5925-7125 MHz) band should be earmarked for IMT so that around 300 MHz to 400 MHz is available to each of the TSP for growth of 5G and introduction of 6G services,” Jio said in its counter-comments to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s consultation paper on ‘Digital Transformation through 5G Ecosystem’.