Overview
- Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, HP and Intel filed a joint submission urging that the entire 6 GHz band be kept for Wi‑Fi, with no auction timelines for mobile use before WRC‑27, and asked that any unused upper spectrum be opened for interim unlicensed access.
- The government has indicated that 400 MHz in the 6 GHz range can be auctioned now, a further 300 MHz could be freed by 2030, and the lower 500 MHz (5925–6425 MHz) will be delicensed for low‑power applications.
- Reliance Jio has asked that the full 1,200 MHz of the 6 GHz band be included in the upcoming spectrum auction.
- Vodafone Idea has called for the immediate auction of the 400 MHz currently available in the band.
- Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm want upper‑band auctions deferred due to ecosystem readiness and global harmonisation concerns, while COAI opposes delicensing and warns it could undercut service quality and government revenues.