All over India, the 5G rollout is eagerly awaited and continuous work is also being done in the process. A report claims that 5G rollouts across India will require Rs 2.3 lakh crore. The claim has been made on the basis of TRAI's latest reserve price in a telecom report of Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
The report says that 84 billion rupees will be required for providing a 100MHz mid-band spectrum in Mumbai, which may also increase if the bid price is more than the base price. Based on the latest reserve price of TRAI, according to a telecom report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services, the requirement of Capex to get a 100MHz mid-band spectrum in Mumbai will be Rs. 84 billion, which may increase if the bid price is more than the base price.
There will be a need for 9k sites for coverage with a cost of Rs 20 lakh per site. The total CAPEX requirement for the sites will be Rs 18 billion, taking the total CAPEX to Rs 100 billion. Similarly, the requirement of Capex for 5G rollout in Delhi will be Rs 87 billion. This has been estimated at base price (Rs. 69 billion) assuming 100MHz mid-band spectrum.
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