FILE PHOTO: People stand in front of a board depicting 5G network at the India Mobile Congress 2018 in New Delhi, October 26, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India's top telecom lobby said on June 4 that the government's proposed base price for the auction of spectrum for next-generation 5G networks is too high, as India outlined plans to launch the sale process later this year.
The proposed auction price will be a "serious impediment" to the uptake of 5G in India, said Rajan Mathews, director general of lobby group Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).
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