Tech and telecom equipment companies seek 6 GHz band delicensing

Broadband India Forum has pushed for the key mid band to be kept open for Wi-Fi services

The Broadband India Forum (BIF), which represents tech majors like Google, Meta and Microsoft, and telecom equipment makers such as Ericsson, Cisco and Huawei, has pushed for the 6 GHz mid band to be delicensed, thereby opening it up for Wi-Fi in India.

At an industry event hosted by it on Tuesday, BIF pointed to next-generation Wi-Fi technologies such as Wi-Fi 6E and the upcoming Wi-Fi 7 that work exclusively in the delicensed 6 Ghz spectrum band, as key solutions that would complement 5G in India.

The government is in the process of deciding which sector to reserve the spectrum