are some of the factors coming in the way of rolling out of 5G services in India,” the report said.One more issue that has been constantly bugging private telcos is the reserve price of spectrum for 5G which is Rs 492 crore per unit, as recommended by Trai. The official cited above said the government will have the final say on ‘fair prices’.At a recent 5G Hackathon, the DoT identified 100 use cases of the technology. “Initially, 5G will be rolled out on the existing 4G core. It will then be developed further,” the official said.The panel also noted the security issues surrounding the technology. It simplified the threats in an acronym ‘STRIDE’ where S stands for Spoofing, T for stands for Tampering, R stands for Repudiation, I for information disclosure, ‘D for denial of service, and E for escalation of privileges.“Because of the increased dependency of communication networks, the hacking of 5G networks is a very clear national security risk.

Source: Economic Times February 08, 2021 05:39 UTC