COAI’s proposal envisioning Rural India Broadband Connectivity now approved

A proposal presented by the COAI carrying the vision of Connecting Rural India with High-Speed Mobile Broadband has been approved by the WP-5D of the ITU. In a boost for rural connectivity, the COAI initiative will ensure that the 5G system will now satisfy the Indian rural requirements.

At the recently concluded meeting of the ITU-R terrestrial radio systems (WP5D) in Canada, the Indian delegation consisting of members from the Telecom Engineering Center (TEC), the Research Wing of DoT, COAI, TSDSI, industry and academia championed the mandatory evaluation of a configuration called Low Mobility Large Cell (LMLC). This configuration is specifically designed with rural India in mind, and is likely to become a game changer.

In the 2017 Annual Budget, Shri Arun Jaitley, the Hon. Finance Minister of India, propagated the extension of high-speed internet connectivity to 1,50,000 villages across the nation....Read More