Spectrum in 6 GHz band key for 5G: COAI

As the government’s vision document on 6G includes recommendation for delicensing part of the 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has reiterated its demand to allocate the spectrum for mobile networks. The association, which represents major telecom operators, argues that the spectrum will help them provide better 5G services at reasonable costs.

“Mid-bands like 6 GHz provide a balance of wide coverage and capacity which is critical to the rapid and cost-efficient deployments of 5G mobile networks in India & also meets the exponentially increasing data demands that too at affordable terms,” SP Kochhar, director general of COAI, said in a letter dated April 7, to telecom secretary K Rajaraman.