NAME- SAHIL CHHABRIA

PGDM-4151
BATCH-INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
TOPIC- 5G TECHNOLOGY
THE ECONOMIC TIMES
Kolkata: Phone companies are unlikely to bid aggressively for expensive 5G
spectrum in the upcoming sale amid elevated debt levels in the sector,
coupled with tepid cashflows, absence of relevant use cases and an
immature devices ecosystem, rating agency, ICRA said.

“Debt coverage indicators remain weak, and in such a scenario, 5G spectrum

purchase at high prices, followed by capex for network rollout would add to
challenges of the telecom industry, making a case for telcos to wait for ..
development of the ecosystem before joining the 5G auction,” Ankit Jain,
assistant vice president (corporate ratings), ICRA, said in a media statement
Tuesday.

It said the lack of established content and 5G use cases, as well as

uncertainty around the capability of subscribers to pay a premium for 5G
services further strengthens the case for telcos to avoid aggressive
participation in a 5G auction at this juncture.
BUSINESS LINE
Prominent scientists warn that 5G could pose health hazards:
“We the undersigned, scientists and doctors, recommend a moratorium on the roll-out
of the fifth generation, 5G, for telecommunication until potential hazards for human
health and the environment have been fully investigated by scientists independent
from industry.”
After describing in detail how 5G could be harmful, the appeal “urges” the
governments of the EU countries to take all reasonable measures to halt the 5G RF-
EMF expansion until independent scientists can assure that 5G and the total radiation
levels caused by RF-EMF (5G together with 2G, 3G, 4G, and WiFi) will not be harmful
for EU-citizens, especially infants, children and pregnant women, as well as the
environment.
The public domain today abounds with videos on ill-effects of 5G. Dr Martin Pall,
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at the Washington State
University, USA,says that “putting in tens of millions of 5G antennae without a single
biological test of safety has got to be the stupidest idea anyone has had in the history
of the world.”
Now, Indian scientists have begun to lend their support in favour of comprehensive
studies on possible deleterious effects of 5G on health of humans and environment.
BUSINESS TODAY
At the end of June 2019, there were 16 live 5G networks across 10
countries that included South Korea, the US, the UK, Italy,
Switzerland, Australia, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay. Many
others will be joining the group before the end of 2019. Quite like in
the case of 3G and 4G deployment, India remains a laggard, with the
process of spectrum sale yet to begin. As things stand, 5G is still at
least a couple of years away from deployment in the country.
Yet, Nunzio Mirtillo, Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area
South East Asia, Oceania and India, Ericsson is quite positive. The
biggest positive according to Mirtillo is how India within a couple of
years moved up from rank 140 to number one globally in terms of
mobile data consumption. That happened due to tremendous
investment in a very condensed and short period. Will that happen in
5G?
HINDUSTAN TIMES
India’s invitation to Huawei for 5G trials sparks concerns:
Insufficient security safeguards plague telecom sector: India’s
invitation to Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies—a company
banned in the US, which has termed it a cybersecurity threat, and
from building 5G networks in Australia and New Zealand—to
participate in 5G trials has aroused some concern in security and
technology establishments.
The move comes eight years after India’s home ministry raised
concerns that imported telecom equipment could contain “back
doors” and spyware that would allow foreign governments to snoop
on Indians, intercept calls or remotely control networks, posing a
security threat. Huawei was banned for eight months.
Little has changed over the past decade. India still doesn’t have
sufficient safeguards in the telecom sector, which forms the
backbone of the digital economy, top security and technology officials
said on condition of anonymity. The only thing that has changed is
the technology standard — back then, the fear was of Chinese 3G
equipment fitted with spyware; now it is Chinese 5G equipment
LIVE MINT
Telecompanies may have limited participation in 5G
spectrum auction:
Mumbai: India's reserve price of $70 million per MHz is
"expensive", and will force Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to
participate in 5G spectrum auctions in a "limited" way, global
rating agency Fitch said on Monday.
The comments come weeks after nearly all the telcos had
expressed their concerns on the spectrum pricing.
"The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) 5G
spectrum price for spectrum band of 3,300-3,600MHz of $70
million per MHz is expensive compared with 3G and 4G
spectrum auctions in the past," the agency said in a note.
It said Indian telcos, which are already stretched, will have to
shell out $7 billion for a pan-India license with 100 MHz of
spectrum.
The agency said it is unlikely for the auction to be undertaken in
2019. In June, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said
that the Government is likely to hold the auction this year and
also start trials in the next 100 days.
SUMMARY
• 5G Technology will hit India very soon.
• Telecom companies will face fierce competition to provide 5G
network to the customers.
• 5G technology will change the user experience and will increase
the internet speed to another level.