Technology & Society

The 4400–4800 MHz band is emerging as an important candidate for future IMT-2030/6G deployment. Under WRC-27 Agenda Item 1.7, ITU-R is studying the possibility of identifying all or parts of 4400–4800 MHz for IMT in Regions 1 and 3, while protecting existing primary services and adjacent-band operations. For India, the band assumes particular significance because

Imagine a day when every mobile tower around you stops working. The internet disappears. WhatsApp, mobile calls, GPS and social media all go silent. Yet one person in your neighbourhood continues talking effortlessly to people hundreds—or even thousands—of kilometres away using nothing more than a small radio, a battery and a simple wire antenna. That

Introduction: Every decade introduces a new set of technologies that promise to change the world. Governments formulate policies around them, investors pour billions into startups, and the media forecasts a future transformed by innovation. Yet, surprisingly often, these celebrated technologies fail to mature into the revolutionary forces they were expected to become. The history of