Eye on 5G opportunities, Tatas to recast telecom biz with extra funding

In June this year, the central government allowed enterprises to set up captive non-public networks to buy 5G spectrum directly from DoT, to establish their isolated networks

The Tata group is restructuring its telecom business, spread across various companies, by making further investments in Tata Teleservices and exploring opportunities in 5G-based segments by providing back-end services.

While Tata Teleservices is focusing on enterprise businesses, the group has brought in Tata Communications to provide services based on 5G applications, such as automated quality inspection of equipment, inventory management, and asset tracking. “The group considers 5G as a big opportunity, though it has refrained from buying the costlier 5G spectrum. It will instead focus on value-added services to stay in the game,” said a person close to the development.