Spectrum Trading in India and 5G

Authors

  • Purnendu S M Tripathi Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Ramjee Prasad Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.12a3

Keywords:

Radio spectrum, 2G/3G services, spectrum trading, NFAP 2011

Abstract

Currently radio spectrum is largely managed through Command and Control method. Public mobile services require spectrum below 3 GHz for providing cost effective services. The existing method has created artificial shortage of spectrum especially below 3 GHz. Spectrum trading is a new concept in which service providers are permitted to purchase spectrum from the market to fulfil their requirements. Spectrum trading has not yet been permitted in India. This paper provides an overview of possibilities of spectrum trading in India and concludes that necessary ingredients are present in India for spectrum trading and it could provide a boost to the Indian telecom sector. Further, it will also discuss spectrum issue related with 5G in the direction of millimeter waves.

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Author Biographies

Purnendu S M Tripathi, Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark

Purnendu S M Tripathi an Indian Radio Regulatory Services (IRRS) officer of 1998 batch. He is having technical experience of 12 years in the field of Radio Communications/Radio Spectrum Management. He is Engineer in Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing of Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India. In DOT, he is associated with spectrum management activities, including in spectrum planning and engineering and policy regarding regulatory affairs for new technologies and related research & development activities and ITU-R related matter. He was also associated with implementation of a very prestigious World Bank Project on National Radio Spectrum Management and Monitoring System (NRSMMS). His area of interest includes Radio Regulatory affairs for new technologies and cognitive radio. He has also worked as research fellow in Department of Electronics, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. Presently, he is doing Ph.D. from Aalborg University, Denmark under Prof.Ramjee Prasad.

Ramjee Prasad, Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark

Ramjee Prasad Ramjee Prasad is currently the Director of the Center for TeleInfrastruktur (CTIF) at Aalborg University, Denmark and Professor, Wireless Information Multimedia Communication Chair.

Ramjee Prasad is the Founding Chairman of the Global ICT Standardization Forum for India (GISFI: www.gisfi.org) established in 2009. GISFI has the purpose of increasing of the collaboration between European, Indian, Japanese, North-American and other worldwide standardization activities in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and related application areas. He was the Founding Chairman of the HERMES Partnership – a network of leading independent European research centres established in 1997, of which he is now the Honorary Chair.

He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Springer International Journal on Wireless Personal Communications. He is a member of the editorial board of other renowned international journals including those of River Publishers. Ramjee Prasad is a member of the Steering, Advisory, and Technical Program committees of many renowned annual international conferences including Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symposium (WPMC) and Wireless VITAE. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), USA, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (IETE), India, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, and a member of the Netherlands Electronics and Radio Society (NERG), and the Danish Engineering Society (IDA). He is a Knight (“Ridder”) of the Order of Dannebrog (2010), a distinguished award by the Queen of Denmark.

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Published

2021-03-07

How to Cite

Tripathi, P. S. M. ., & Prasad, R. . (2021). Spectrum Trading in India and 5G. Journal of ICT Standardization, 1(2), 159–174. https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.12a3

Issue

2013: Vol 1 Iss 2

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Articles