Vaishnaw also said that the government will allocate the spectrum in record time, in accordance with the August 14 deadline, and 5G services are expected to start rolling out by September. The first-day bids 'exceeded all expectations and surpassed 2015 records', according to the IT Minister. 'A single window clearance or grant of permission for fiber-laying should be considered,' said Dhar. 'With only about 30 per cent of the towers fiberised and less than 7 per cent of households connected through fibre, companies must not simply focus on the spectrum but also give the same importance to the subsequent infrastructure,' Dhar said.Īs opposed to company business modules, the rollout must be staggered as 5G requires significant infrastructure from telcos and in many cases upgrade of handsets by users.

Apart from these bands, they should be focusing a lot on the mid band (C Band),' he noted.Īnother thing to note is how these CSPs would be positioning themselves on the mmWave (26 GHz) band because that is expected to be used for enterprise applications, giving the CSPs an edge over the Captive Networks, the auction for which is yet to be planned.ĭevroop Dhar, Co-Founder and Board Member, Primus Partners, said that with estimations of 500 million 5G subscribers by 2027 and the internet carrying 56 per cent of India's traffic, Reliance Jio has been the frontrunner of the 5G spectrum race in India followed by Bharti 'Reliance Jio, with its highest EMD, is expected to put a strong focus on their existing spectrum bands, which includes the 800 MHz and 1800 MHz.

Bids were also received for the 700 MHz band, he said.Īccording to industry experts, the maximum bids have come from Reliance Jio that could be over Rs 80,000 crore.Īccording to Pandey, the 5G auction in India is not expected to witness a very aggressive bidding approach from any CSPs. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Idea and an Adani group firm.Īs per IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, there were four rounds of bidding on the first day with most interest in mid and high-end bands and strong interest in the 3300 MHz and 26 GHz bands.

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