5G Spectrum Trials
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Telecom Department gave go-ahead for 5G technology and spectrum trials to telecom service providers (TSPs).
- Bharti Airtel, Reliance JioInfocomm, Vodafone Idea and MTNL will start 5G trials in different locations across India to cover rural, semi-urban and urban areas.
Key Facts
- These TSPs have tied up with original equipment manufacturers and technology providers which are Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and C-DOT.
- In addition, Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd. will also be conducting trials using its own indigenous technology.
- Its aims
- Testing 5G spectrum propagation characteristics especially in the Indian context
- Model tuning and evaluation of chosen equipment and vendors
- Testing of indigenous technology
- Testing of applications
- To test 5G phones and devices.
- The duration of the trials, at present, is for a period of 6 months.
- The data generated during the trials shall be stored in India.
- Each TSP will have to conduct trials in rural, semi-urban settings and urban settings so that the benefit of 5G Technology proliferates across the country.
- The experimental spectrum is being given in various bands which include the mid-band (3.2 GHz to 3.67 GHz), millimeter wave band (24.25 GHz to 28.5 GHz) and in Sub-Gigahertz band (700 GHz).
About 5Gi technology
- 5Gi technology is expected to deliver improved user experience in terms of data download rates which is expected to be 10 times that of 4G up to three times greater spectrum efficiency, and ultra low latency to enable Industry 4.0.
- The TSPs are encouraged to conduct trials using 5Gi technology in addition to the already known 5G Technology.
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has also approved the 5Gi technology as it facilitates much larger reach of the 5G towers and Radio networks.
- The 5Gi technology has been developed by IIT Madras, Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT) and IIT Hyderabad.
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