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ITC asks Trai to reserve spectrum for enterprises at a 'nominal cost'

ITC has also suggested the spectrum bands which should be reserved for private networks

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ITC gave its submission in response to a consultation paper floated by the regulator Trai on the possibility of allowing corporate houses to set up and run their own private 5G networks to make industry 4.0 a reality

Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi,

4 min read Last Updated : Jan 19 2022 | 6:05 AM IST

ITC has asked the telecom regulator to reserve spectrum for enterprises such as itself at a ‘nominal cost’, so that they can control and deploy their own dedicated private cellular networks based on their ‘in-house capabilities’.

The company has also opposed any move to allow telecom operators to lease spectrum to corporate houses for running their private networks. Instead, it has demanded that companies should be allocated spectrum directly by the spectrum managing agency (a government-backed entity) on an ‘administrative basis at a nominal fee’ in various geographies. ITC says that such a private network will fulfil the business objectives of

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