India keen to adopt 5G early, says Telecom Secretary The government will hold fresh spectrum auctions between July and December and the exercise will be an annual affair, Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak said on Tuesday. The Centre is also working to ensure that India embraces 5G telecom networks in tandem with the rest of the world, unlike 3G and 4G technologies whose rollout was far slower, he said. “We are looking to do a spectrum auction every year so that telcos can plan their needs, whether they need to trade it, buy it from someone else or come to the auction. This ensures complete certainty and policy stability,” Mr. Deepak said on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress. This year´s auctions are likely to be held between July and December and the Department of Telecom will send a request to TRAI for its recommendations on the spectrum to be sold, the price and newer spectrum bands that could be offered. Before July, the department will frame a policy for the use...
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