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After meetings with stakeholders, the DoT is looking at various options which include an extension of the deadline

DoT has exempted "Mobile user equipment/mobile handset", "server", "smart watch", "smart camera" and "point of sale devices" from "prior mandatory testing and certification in respect of parameters"

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Tata Communications has said ISPs should be allowed to participate in the 5G auction as they were eligible to bid for BWA (4G) spectrum in the 2010 auction

The Trai had recommended earlier that band between 27.5 GHz to 28.5 GHz should also be auctioned and given for mixed use to telecom operators as well as satellite operator

Modi added that the country should be ready to launch 6G service by the end of the decade

Trai leaves it to DoT to decide on the validity of spectrum assignment, deferment of auction in 27.5 GHz - 28.5 GHz band and quantum of spectrum to be reserved for BSNL/MTNL

It had earlier levied Rs 21 lakh per transponder a year for 36 MHz of spectrum on pro-rata basis

Operators want to import PON equipment to meet the broadband targets, makers say have enough capacity

Telecom companies say that operators prefer to use radios, base stations and other products which work seamlessly for both 4G and 5G networks

While deciding that the spectrum should be auctioned for a period of 20 years, the inter-ministerial panel also decided against alloting spectrum directly to corporate bodies for private 5G networks

Trai has said the rollout obligations prescribed by it as part of the recent spectrum recommendations are easy, fair and rational, and fully in line with global 5G norms

India's share in global supply chain for telecom equipment is less than 1%

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5G can take India to another level

The government is creating a framework "which should stay for next 30-40 years" through the upcoming round of reforms, the minister emphasised

The technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications has invited inputs from the public by March 8 to develop the framework to resolve various ethical, social and legal issues

According to the DoT, 5G is expected to deliver download speed 10 times faster than 4G services

As part of the trial for 5G, telcos were asked to test out the 5Gi standards

As of September 2021, 99 nations were said to have working commercial 5G networks