India’s telecom regulator Monday released a consultation paper on “Allocation of Spectrum Resources for Residential and Enterprise Intra-telecommunication Requirements/cordless telecommunications system (CTS).”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has sought written comments on the issues raised in the consultation paper from the stakeholders by Jan. 31 and counter comments on the comments by Feb. 10.
Due to the proliferation of mobile communication devices over the last decade, the landscape of India’s telecom network has changed significantly. However, similar growth has not been observed in residential and enterprise intra-telecommunication/cordless telecommunications system (CTS) in the country, the regulator stated.
“This has been attributed primarily to limited wireless options available in the market. For intra-telecommunication requirements for residential and enterprises, wireless platform is the most widely used solution, which also compliments wireline networking solutions. The majority of wireless based PABX solutions available in the Indian market operates in 2.4 GHz de-licensed ISM band, which is also being used for other host of data applications (wireless LAN, etc.),” the paper further stated.
The consultation paper discusses the issues of current allocation of spectrum for CTS, requirement for identification of additional band of spectrum, possibility of unlicensing the 1800-1900 MHz or 1910-1920 MHz band for low power CTS applications and its coexistence issues with the existing cellular systems using adjacent band.
