Jio has backed the country-specific 5G norm proposed by the Telecom Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI). Acceptance of this can lead to the first Indian IPR on the global 5G stage, it says. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have cautioned the government about gaps in the India-centric 5G specifications proposed by TSDSI, saying they don’t mesh with global standards recommended by the 3GPP (the 3rd Generation Partnership Project).
The latter’s standards govern LTE networks operations worldwide and its suggested 5G standard has been backed by the International Telecom Union (ITU). Telcos in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, China, Russia and the Middle East among others are rolling out 5G services based on 3GPP’s standard.
Jio, Airtel, Vi, Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung did not reply to ET’s queries.
TSDSI’s 5G standard, among other things, calls for deployment of 5G services in the 3.4 GHz band and suggests mobile towers be spaced 12 km apart in villages to ensure ubiquitous 5G coverage in rural India.
Credit: economictimes.indiatimes.com