Reliance Jio Says Centre Should Find a Way to Shut Down 2G, 3G Services

Reliance Jio, in response to a consulting paper revealed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), titled Digital Transformation via 5G Ecosystem, steered that the federal government ought to body a coverage to close down the 2G and 3G networks in India and transfer the prevailing customers to 4G and 5G networks. In a separate response, Vodafone Thought (Vi) additionally made the identical suggestion and highlighted that the existence of such boundaries result in a digital divide and impacts the ecosystem for 5G use circumstances.

The regulatory physique sought opinions on the boundaries to the event of the ecosystem for 5G use circumstances, which have to be addressed and the attainable coverage and regulatory interventions that may overcome them. Responding to this, Reliance Jio stated, “The Authorities ought to come out with a coverage and glidepath for closing down the 2G and 3G networks utterly in order that pointless community prices ought to be prevented, and all prospects may be migrated to 4G and 5G companies.” The telecom operator added that this can even increase the creating ecosystem to 5G use circumstances.

Individually, Vodafone Thought additionally submitted its suggestion highlighting an identical measure. “The lack of customers to change to smartphones on account of the price of these units additionally results in the customers persevering with on older expertise and therefore, not utilizing digital companies and probably ending up being not up to date on newest digital applied sciences and companies,” it added.

The 2 main points with shifting customers to the next community bandwidth embrace the abundance of telephones utilized in India which are solely 2G/3G succesful, and the pricing of the 4G and 5G enabled smartphones that may be unaffordable for the agricultural and distant inhabitants of the nation. Vodafone Thought highlighted the problem as nicely and said that the price of smartphones for low-income teams is a really large problem.

Reliance Jio additionally underlined the need for the supply and allocation of a “large quantity” of spectrum bands to raised implement a sturdy 5G connectivity. To resolve this, the telecom operator urged that the 6GHz band, full C-Band, and 28GHz (on a versatile use foundation) must also be auctioned, together with the deliberate public sale of the E-Band and V-Band spectrum.

It ought to be famous that these are simply the ideas given to TRAI by Telecom Service Suppliers and different enablers of the ecosystem. The suggestion doesn’t be certain that the federal government will take energetic steps to close down the 2G and 3G networks. In case, the Centre does transfer forward with the proposed suggestion, residents will get an ample period of time and help from the federal government to make the transition simple.