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VOICE represents Indian domestic design led telecom stakeholders including HFCL<\/a>, STL, Saankhya Labs<\/a> to name a few.
The government should consider liberal and open spectrum allocation policy rather than restrict IMT band spectrum allocation to telcos. “To effectively establish and operate private mobile networks, the allocation of dedicated spectrum is crucial and any restrictions and control will be an impediment to growth, innovation and experimentation,” VOICE director general R K Bhatnagar<\/a> said in the letter.
However, telecom operators associations COAI recently said private 5G network<\/a> deployments by system integrators may lead to operational inefficiencies, capital burden, and eventually prove to be counter-productive. Telecom carriers see captive networks as an opportunity to augment their enterprise business, and argue that direct spectrum allocation for such networks would hamper the business case for them.
\"Enterprises or system integrators should not put up private 5G networks as it will be counter-productive, and bring inefficiencies,\" SP Kochhar, director general, Cellular Operators Association of India (Coai) said recently. The captive networks deployed by telecom carriers would be cost-effective.
The issue of direct allocation of 5G spectrum to enterprises has been the talk of the town. It became a battle of telecom players vs technology players. Telcos had opposed any direct allocation saying it would distort the level playing field and give technology players a backdoor entry to provide 5G services to enterprises.
“The market for private mobile networks is witnessing significant growth on a global scale, driven by the increasing demand for secure and dedicated communication solutions across various industries,” Bhatnagar said.