The Mobile Operators Affiliation of India (COAI), an trade physique, representing Indian telecom operators together with Jio, Airtel, and Vi has written to the telecom division asking for an entire ban on gross sales of Wi-Fi 6E routers within the nation. The Indian authorities has not made its resolution on using the 6 GHz spectrum but, and the Wi-Fi 6E routers that are being offered, function on this frequency. COAI has stated that the sale of Wi-Fi 6E routers in India is illegitimate, as the federal government has not declared the 6 GHz spectrum exempt from license or decided its use.
The trade physique identified that e-commerce platforms akin to Amazon, GadgetsNow, TP Hyperlink and extra are promoting Wi-Fi 6E routers within the nation which is illegitimate. Thus, the physique has requested the telecom division to place a right away ban on it.
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“We wish to submit that DoT is but to take a coverage resolution associated to the 6 GHz band utilization. Subsequently, any sale of such Wi-Fi 6E merchandise, which makes use of the 6 GHz spectrum band in delicensed method, is illegitimate and such sale would solely lead to unauthorized transmissions in our nation,” stated COAI.
COAI additionally identified that when shoppers interact in buying such routers, they find yourself changing into chargeable for the unauthorized transmissions within the 6 GHz band, whereas the actual offenders are the e-commerce platforms or the businesses which can be promoting these routers overtly.
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The physique ended its letter to the DoT saying, “we earnestly request the Division to kindly intervene within the matter and take strict measures to place an entire ban on sale of Wi-Fi merchandise working within the 6 GHz band, whether or not offline or on-line via e-commerce web sites/platforms, via an applicable notification to sellers of such merchandise within the nation.”
