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The Broadband India Forum (BIF) dismissed telecom operators' objections to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendations in favour of private 5G networks on Friday, saying that with efficient private networks, enterprises will increase their productivity, which will lead to increased revenue streams for telcos.

BIF, a trade group representing technology companies such as Facebook and Google has encouraged the government to implement Trai's recommendations as soon as possible, allowing businesses to create their own private 5G networks for captive purposes. After the telecom industry expressed concerns about private networks eating into mobile providers' enterprise revenues, the BIF wrote to the government.


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The BIF stated in a letter to telecom secretary K Rajaraman that it is frequently misconstrued that private 5G networks will result in telco revenue losses. In reality, the majority of telecom businesses' enterprise revenues currently come from external network services, which include voice and data connections. "Due to limitations in delivering the requisite SLAs (service level agreements) across public networks, captive usage would only contribute a minimal share in processes/applications like robotics, automation, and so on in the current situation." As a result, the BIF claims that the estimated revenue loss for telcos from enterprise services is "misplaced."

Non-telecom firms should be given a 5G spectrum to develop their own private networks, according to Trai. A private network can be rolled out through a slice of a telco's network, or an enterprise can request a telco to establish an independent isolated private network on its premises using the telecom operator's spectrum, or an enterprise can lease spectrum from a telco and establish its own isolated captive network, according to the regulator's options. The regulator has also indicated that a company may buy spectrum from the government directly and create its own captive network.

The telecom sector, on the other hand, is hostile to the suggestions. "Enterprise services account for 30-40% of the industry's overall sales," according to the COAI. The telecom industry is once again disincentivised to invest in networks and continue to pay hefty levies and taxes as a result of private networks."

The BIF, on the other hand, has addressed the industry by citing nations where private networks have already been implemented. Many top economies, according to the BIF, have already implemented and are running operational 5G networks for nearly two years.

Additionally, telecom operators have been given the option of leasing a portion of their spectrum to businesses at a low rate. "This is in accordance with worldwide best practises, since spectrum leasing has been made available in a number of major economies, including Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States," it stated.

Instead of relying on a telecom service provider, businesses can build up their own WiFi and data networks using private networks. One of the most promising 5G use cases is the concept of a private network.

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