New Delhi: Trai on Thursday asserted that 4G and 5G services will drive demand for spectrum in the next round of auctions, contesting the view that financially-stressed firms are likely to tread cautiously despite steep price cuts for several previously unsold bands. “Considering that 5G services are going to be implemented in near future, we expect there will be a definite demand particularly for bands where 5G ecosystem has been developed… Telecom operators will bid for it.
This includes 700 MHz band that can be utilised for 5G,” Trai Secretary S K Gupta said. He said that the Trai’s recommenda-tions on reduced rates for 700 Mhz band took into account the price of the spectrum that was recently auctioned in markets like Singapore, Germany, Denmark, Turkey and Taiwan.
