Trai recommends issuing 5 Mhz spectrum more to railways in premium 700 Mhz band

“The authority recommends that spectrum fees for Indian Railways/NCRTC/ other RRTS/Metro rail networks should be levied based on the formula for aristocracy charges and licence fees for restricted usage, as prescribed by DoT,” the suggestion stated.

Telecom regulator Trai on Friday recommended the part of the only chunk of 5 megahertz range left in costs 700 Mhz band regularity range to Indian Railways for traveler safety and security applications. The cost of per megahertz (Mhz) spectrum in 700 Mhz band frequency was priced at Rs 3,927 crore for business usage.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has actually recommended that the range will be for restricted use by Indian Railways for which it will certainly need to pay a percentage contrasted to charges spent for industrial usage.

Trai had recommended that the 5 MHz spectrum in the 700 MHz band should be appointed to National Resources Area Transportation Corporation (NCRTC) for usage in Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) passages along the railway tracks.

Telecommunications signals transferred in 700 Mhz band can cover a location in the range of 6-10 km. The large protection supplied in these regularity bands reduces the requirement of installing cell towers for network insurance coverage.

Trai advised repossessing spectrum designated to Indian Railways in other frequency bands viz. 146-174 MHz, 400 MHz band, and 900 MHz band in a time-bound manner after it completes implementation of 4G-based network for security and security applications in the 700 MHz regularity band.

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“In addition to the already assigned 5 MHz (paired) frequency range in the 700 MHz regularity band, an extra 5 MHz (paired) frequency range in the 700 MHz regularity band must be designated to Indian Railways for its security and security applications along the railway tracks for captive usage,” Trai stated in its referral on “Project of Added Spectrum to Indian Trains for its Security and Security Applications”.

NCRTC is implementing RRTS in eight rail corridors in NCR. In the very first stage, NCRTC is developing three rail hallways of an approximate size of 350 kilometres along Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, Delhi-Gurugram-Alwar, and Delhi-Panipat.