TRAI releases Consultation Paper on “Auction of spectrum in the frequencies identified for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) / 5G.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has requested TRAI to provide recommendations on quantum of spectrum/band, if any, to be earmarked for private captive/isolated 5G networks, competitive/transparent method of allocation, and pricing, for meeting the spectrum requirements if captive 5G applications of industries for machine/plant automation purposes/Machine-toMachine (M2M) in premises.