NEW DELHI: Technology companies have termed Indian telcos’ claims of a level playing field between Public and Captive Private 5G Networks as absurd and impractical, saying that two are entirely different set of services for two entirely different requirements, are on completely different footings and are not competing with each other.
“The age-old and time-tested concept of “level playing field” cannot apply in the case of Captive Private 5G networks, as they have several distinctive traits which distinguish them from Public Networks, with whom they are being compared without any logic or basis,” Broadband India Forum, which represents tech companies said in a statement.
BIF said that the suggestion that private networks should not be given spectrum in bands which are possible for telcos to use for offering services is also unjustified, as the telcos’ businesses depend on economies of scale, while that of enterprise businesses having private networks does not. The spectrum that is earmarked for private networks needs to be exclusive and distinct from those bands for Public 5G, to avoid needless possibilities of interference between the two networks.
