Chinese telecom equipment major Huawei plans to start conducting field trials on 5G from December-end onwards in India, by partnering one of the telecom operators. The Centre, however, needs to allot test spectrum to the company for the proposed trials to take place.
According to Huawei India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jay Chen, the company wants to be the first one in India to conduct 5G trials and is engaged with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) regarding allocation of test spectrum.
“We have given a detailed proposal to the DoT. We have asked for 100Mhz spectrum in 3,400-3,600Mhz band for