The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued its response to the back-reference dated 19.03.2025 received from Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in respect of the TRAI’s recommendations dated 20.02.2023 on “Recommendations on Rating of Buildings or Areas for Digital Connectivity”.
In the past, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Government have taken various policy initiatives to fulfil the demands of telecom connectivity. Key recommendations already made by TRAI in this regard are given in Annexure II of the Consultation Paper (CP) on ‘Rating of Buildings or Areas for Digital Connectivity’ dated 25th March 2022. These policy interventions have helped in improving connectivity. However, the Authority noted that all these efforts have fallen short in achieving the desired level of digital connectivity specifically inside the buildings or areas.
In this context, the Authority had submitted comprehensive recommendations dated 20.02.2023 to the Government on ‘Rating of Buildings or Areas for Digital Connectivity’ to address the issues relating to in-building digital connectivity in a collaborative manner. These recommendations become more relevant in the present context and to achieve seamless 5G and upcoming 6G services inside buildings and to make them future ready. The 5G and upcoming 6G access networks require higher frequency to deliver high data rates, but higher frequency have higher attenuation rates due to building walls and other building materials.
