U.S. Tech Majors Oppose Indian Telcos’ Demand to Allocate Spectrum in 6 GHz Band for Mobile Services

US tech majors oppose Indian telcos on 6 GHz band spectrum - The Tribune

Seek entire 6GHz band to be allocated for Wi-Fi services.

U.S. tech majors oppose Indian telcos’ demand to allocate spectrum in 6 GHz band for mobile services

The tech majors sought the entire 6GHz band to be allocated for Wi-Fi services instead, as the technical and commercial readiness is not established for mobile services

US tech majors Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Meta jointly oppose Jio, Vi on 6 GHz band spectrum

US technology companies — including Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, HP and Intel — have opposed Reliance Jio and Vodafone Ideas push to allocate the 6 GHz spectrum band for mobile services, arguing that the entire band should instead be reserved for Wi-Fi use.

US tech giants push back against India’s 6 GHz spectrum plan

Major American tech companies including Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, HP, and Intel have collectively pushed back against the request by India’s telecom giants Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea to allocate the six gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band for mobile services. Backing their opposition, the tech giants urged regulators to reserve the entire 6 GHz band exclusively for Wi-Fi services. In their joint submission to India’s telecom regulator, TRAI, dur…

US tech giants oppose Jio, Vi 6GHz spectrum plans

US technology majors Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, HP and Intel Corporation have jointly opposed Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea’s demand to allocate the 6 GHz spectrum band for mobile services, instead urging that the entire band be reserved for Wi-Fi. According to PTI, the firms argued that the 6 GHz range is neither technically nor […]

Telcos vs Tech: Who Gets 6GHz?

Big telecom companies like Jio, Vodafone, Airtel are in a huge disagreement with other tech giants like Meta, Intel, Cisco, HP and Amazon. They all want a piece of the 6GHz band. The telecom companies say to put 1200 MHz of the 6 GHz band in the next spectrum auction. And the tech companies argue that this band is ‘not ready for mobile yet.’ So, despite all these discussions, what did the  Indian government decide? And what will the impact be? F…