Telcos, tech firms fight for a share of 5G private network pie

Telecom companies  say that the 5G enterprise business could account for over 40 per cent of their mobile revenues.

Broadband India Forum (BIF) estimates that there is scope for over 150 captive private wireless networks to be up and running once they are given spectrum.  

It is a potentially large and growing market which is why everyone from telecom companies  to global and domestic technology companies are vying for a piece of the pie.

The battle has been joined with new vigour owing to the unexpected decision by the cabinet, overruling the DoT’s stand, to permit enterprises in India to run ‘private captive