Vodafone Idea positive on 5G sans pricey 700 MHz band

Vodafone Idea’s leadership has said pricey 700 MHz spectrum won’t create any material advantage on 5G data capacity, and sees no challenges in rolling out 5G services without the band.

It believes the telco’s 3.3 GHz holdings in its priority circles are good enough to provide a quality 5G experience for several years, analysts, who participated in the telco’s June quarter earnings call Thursday, said.