Allocation of 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz frequency band to Indian Railways

The government of India decided to allocate 5 MHz spectrum in the 700 MHz frequency band to the Indian Railways for improving its communication and signalling systems.

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Indian Railways has envisaged to provide LTE-based mobile train radio communication on its route.

The Railways currently relies on optical fibre for its communication network but with the allocation of fresh spectrum, it will be able to use high-speed radio on a real-time basis.

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. It is also occasionally referred to as temporal frequency to emphasize the contrast to spatial frequency, and ordinary frequency to emphasize the contrast to angular frequency. The SI unit of frequency is hertz (Hz).