Telcos unsure about 5G launch by 2020 after Trai's auction recommendation

The telecom regulator's proposals for these services appear to be at odds with the industry and the government's policy approach

Can the government’s ambition to launch 5G services by 2020, in keeping with the rest of the world, get derailed? Telecom companies (telcos), which have to put in the money to make it happen, make no bones about the fact that the recent Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) recommendations to auction 5G could do just that. 

Last week the regulator suggested four things: it identified 3300-3600 MHz as the 5G band for auctioning, imposed a limit of 100 MHz for each player and decided that there would be no roll-out obligation for the winners. 

It is the fourth recommendation