Lok Sabha Question No. 19 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: 5G Services in the Country
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 19 FOR ANSWER ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## 5G SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY

## *19. PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the status of availability of 5G services in the country;
- (b) the details of the cities/metros identified for the first step of 5G roll-out;
- (c) the details of the tariff of 5G service in the country;
- (d) the total revenue collection through 5G auction, State-wise; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  cities  that  are  likely  to  get  5G  services  within  one  year  in  the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  19  FOR  7 th DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING '5G SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY'

(a) Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) have started providing 5G services in the country from 01.10.2022 onwards and as of 26.11.2022, 5G services have started in 50 towns.

(b) The Department has specified rollout obligations in the Notice Inviting Application (NIA) for auction of access spectrum. Any specific city/ metro for deployment of 5G services in the country  has  not  been  mentioned.  The  salient  features  of  rollout  obligation  is  enclosed  as Annexure-I.

(c) TSPs have reported that they are presently providing 5G services to their subscribers with 5G enabled devices at no extra cost.

- (d) Government  of  India  had  put  72,098  MHz  of  spectrum  (technology  neutral)  to auction, of which 51,236.2 MHz (i.e. 71% of the total) was allocated to the TSPs with bid amounting to Rs. 1,50,173.29 Cr. The service area wise list is attached as Annexure-II.
- (e) As per the NIA for auction of access spectrum and license conditions, the minimum rollout obligations are required to be met over a period of five years in a phased manner from the  date  of  allocation  of  spectrum.  Further  expansion  of  mobile  network  beyond  the mandatory  rollout  obligations,  depends  upon  the  techno-commercial  considerations  of  the TSPs.

## Annexure-I

Salient features of rollout obligations in the Notice Inviting Application (NIA) for auction of access spectrum.

## A. Rollout obligations in respect of 3300 MHz spectrum

- (i) In  Licensed  Service  Areas  (LSAs)  i.e.  Telecom  Circles  other  than  Metro LSAs :

| Time Period                      | Roll Out Obligations (per LSA)                                                                                                                                                      | Minimum number of towns to be covered using targeted sites (per LSA)   |
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase-1: By the end of 1 st year | Commercial launch of services in at least 1 city in the LSA                                                                                                                         | 1                                                                      |
| Phase-2: By the end of 3 rd Year | Cumulative number of sites to be deployed: CategoryA LSAs: 700 Category B LSAs: 460 Category C LSAs: 260                                                                            | In CategoryA LSAs: 14 In Category B LSAs: 9 In Category C LSAs: 5      |
| Phase-3: By the end of 5 th Year | Cumulative number of sites to be deployed (at least 5% of the sites to be in rural SDCA, including economic zones): CategoryA LSAs: 2000 Category B LSAs: 1400 Category C LSAs: 940 | In CategoryA LSAs: 40 In Category B LSAs: 28 In Category C LSAs: 19    |

## (ii) Metro LSAs :

| Time Period                      | Roll Out Obligations (per LSA)                             |
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase-1: By the end of 1 st year | Commercial launch of services anywhere in the LSA          |
| Phase-2: By the end of 3 rd Year | Cumulative number of sites to be deployed in each LSA: 280 |
| Phase-3: By the end of 5 th Year | Cumulative number of sites to be deployed in each LSA: 920 |

## B. Rollout obligations in respect of 26 GHz spectrum

## (i) In  Licensed  Service  Areas  (LSAs)  i.e.  Telecom  Circles  other  than  Metro LSAs :

| Time Period                      | Roll Out Obligations (per LSA)                                                                           | Minimum number of towns to be covered using targeted sites (per LSA)   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase-1: By the end of 1 st year | Commercial launch of services anywhere in the LSA                                                        | 1                                                                      |
| Phase-2: By the end of 3 rd Year | Cumulative number of sites to be deployed: CategoryA LSAs: 240 Category B LSAs: 150 Category C LSAs: 80  | In CategoryA LSAs: 2 In Category B LSAs: 1 In Category C LSAs: 1       |
| Phase-3: By the end of 5 th Year | Cumulative number of sites to be deployed: CategoryA LSAs: 660 Category B LSAs: 460 Category C LSAs: 300 | In CategoryA LSAs: 7 In Category B LSAs: 5 In Category C LSAs: 3       |

## (ii) Metro LSAs :

| Time Period                      | Roll Out Obligations (per LSA)                             |
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase-1: By the end of 1 st year | Commercial launch of services anywhere in the LSA          |
| Phase-2: By the end of 3 rd Year | Cumulative number of sites to be deployed in each LSA: 90  |
| Phase-3: By the end of 5 th Year | Cumulative number of sites to be deployed in each LSA: 300 |

## Annexure-II

Details of service-area wise revenue collection in respect of 51236.2 MHz allocated spectrum through auction in 2022 are as follows:

| S. No.   | Service Area         |   Total Bid amount (in crore rupees) |   Amount received in FY 2022-23 (in crore rupees) * |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                             11943.3  |                                             1405.95 |
| 2        | Assam                |                              2212.8  |                                              283.31 |
| 3        | Bihar                |                              5276    |                                              665.98 |
| 4        | Delhi                |                             17990    |                                             2253.21 |
| 5        | Gujarat              |                             11870    |                                             1429.15 |
| 6        | Haryana              |                              2666    |                                              335.05 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     |                               880    |                                              112.87 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir       |                               594    |                                               73.41 |
| 9        | Karnataka            |                              8560    |                                              999.33 |
| 10       | Kerala               |                              4354    |                                              529.91 |
| 11       | Kolkata              |                              6605    |                                              838.46 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh       |                              6718    |                                              768.62 |
| 13       | Maharashtra          |                             15076    |                                             1827.54 |
| 14       | Mumbai               |                             16032    |                                             1994.07 |
| 15       | North East           |                               555    |                                               48.92 |
| 16       | Odisha               |                              2370.66 |                                              298.13 |
| 17       | Punjab               |                              3930    |                                              468.65 |
| 18       | Rajasthan            |                              5827.5  |                                              521.06 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu           |                              8769    |                                             1056.48 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh (East) |                              7602.53 |                                              875.77 |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh (West) |                              6468.5  |                                              739.34 |
| 22       | West Bengal          |                              3873    |                                              483.04 |
| Total    | Total                |                            150173    |                                            18008.2  |

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