Trai Releases Consultation Paper On 5G Enterprise Tech Adoption
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Friday released a consultation paper to seek industry feedback on faster adoption of 5G-driven technologies for businesses.
Trai said the response is expected by 30 October, with counter-comments sought on 13 November.
The paper will look to boost the adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence, extended reality and the Internet of Things (IoT), a significant factor in enabling automation across enterprises.
According to the report, the consultation paper will require effective collaboration between telecom service providers, original equipment manufacturers, infrastructure providers and the government.
The partnership is expected to increase consumer adoption and market readiness—to unlock the large-scale benefits of 5G.
The report identified the need for infrastructural updates to meet the standards of 5G connectivity. The fiberisation of networks to deploy 5G among enterprises densifying their networks to help organisations adopt new technologies.
Meanwhile, companies are pushing for the direct allocation of 5G spectrum from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), citing greater flexibility in deployment and privacy. The telecom operators were however against the move stating the allocation and deployments as expensive and inefficient.
Furthermore, the 5G infrastructure deployment across Indian enterprises also saw a gradual slowdown among the country’s large-cap information technology (IT) service providers.
