New Delhi: Industry body BIF on Thursday batted for direct allotment of spectrum to enterprises for private 5G networks at nominal administrative charges, as there is a tussle between telcos and tech companies over the controversial issue of captive networks ahead of spectrum auction for next year. The war of words intensified. Generation Services. Broadband rejecting the position of telecom operators on the matter India The Forum (BIF) argued that private 5G networks would result in loss of revenue to telcos, a “misunderstanding” as expressed by some entities.
BIF also said that indoor private premises networks do not reduce legitimate revenue of telecom service providers but help in increasing productivity and efficiency. In fact, a more efficient captive network through private 5G will increase productivity for the enterprise, which will help increase business activities and external communications in the process of driving better revenue for the telecom, it said.
BIF has urged the government to earmark a certain amount of specific spectrum for non-public/private 5G networks in each type of spectrum band, as recommended by sector regulator TRAI. It has made a passionate plea for direct allocation of spectrum to enterprises and organizations at nominal administrative charges, citing global best practices.
BIF in its statement said, “To facilitate a light-touch online portal based paperless arrangement for obtaining permission/license for ‘Captive Wireless Private Network (CWPN)’ within 30 days of application, (Recommended by TRAI)”. To enable ease of doing business,” BIF said in its statement. Latest Position Paper on Captive Private 5G Network. Describing itself as a technology neutral and service agnostic entity “with any bias or inclination towards any organization/service/technology/workspace”, BIF stressed that India needs to be a part of digital transformation, ‘atmanirbharta’ and industry. Private 5G is needed to accelerate to 4.0.
India needs high proficiency in manufacturing, healthcare, education, agriculture, financial inclusion and many other sectors to accelerate the process of digital transformation, which is a national priority. “This can only be achieved through the use of private 5G networks,” it said, refuting the point-by-point arguments made by telecom operators who have maintained that private enterprises operating captive There is no justification for allocating radiowaves directly to Network.
The mobile operators are of the view that as licensed telecom companies, they are fully capable of providing all customized solutions to private and public sector entities in the most competitive and economical manner. Countering this, the BIF said, “Private 5G networks are best setup by the enterprises themselves as they are most qualified to do so.” Citing an example, it said that Maruti or Apollo would know their system and requirements better than anyone else, and would, therefore, be able to adapt and design networks and applications accordingly.
Most of the revenue of telecom companies is external and remains completely untouched, and hence they remain protected as government revenue, it said. Non-public networks or private networks create additional revenue streams for telecommunications and the government. This revenue stream is yet to be tapped, the BIF observed.
“There will be no revenue loss to the government on account of direct allocation of spectrum to enterprises for private 5G networks, as they will purchase spectrum at a price fixed and administratively allocated by the government,” it said.
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