The Gautam Adani Group took part in the most recent 5G spectrum auction, and according to recent reports, the company has been given permission to provide complete telecom services in India. According to two authoritative sources, The Press Trust of India (PTI) broke the story first.
Adani Data Networks has received UL (AS), according to the report, a government source said. According to another source, the permit was issued on Monday of this week. Note that the corporation hasn’t provided any information about launching a telecom network to compete with Jio and Airtel. In fact, the corporation has already stated that it has no plans to provide retail telecom services and has bought 5G spectrum to build its own private 5G network.
According to a different report, the Department of Telecommunications has granted the Adani Data Networks unified licence only in six circles, including Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu. With that, the business is now qualified to provide both internet services and long-distance calls across its network.
For those who don’t know, Adani Data Networks Ltd (ADNL) paid Rs 212 crore for the right to use 400MHz of spectrum in the 26GHz millimetre wave band for a period of 20 years. Back then, the corporation stated that it intended to use the airwaves for both its data centres and the super app it was developing to help industries ranging from gas retail to ports and energy distribution to airports. The unified licence will now support the company’s data centre operations as well.
The Adani group had previously stated in a statement that “the newly-acquired 5G spectrum is intended to help develop a unified digital platform that would expedite the pace and scale of the Adani group’s digitalisation of its core infrastructure, primary industries and B2C business portfolio.”