Posts Tagged ‘2g’

Spectrum panel wants auction route for 2g also

19Dec07

NEW DELHI: The Spectrum Committee, formed to review frequency allocation norms, has favoured pricing each megahertz of the airwaves. It has also said it was up to the government to decide whether to ask mobile operators to return excess spectrum.
In a statement, the committee said: “Legal and other policy issues have to be considered by [...]


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Reliance to move Delhi High Court on spectrum issues.

15Dec07

In yet another twist to the saga of radio frequency allocation, Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Communications, India’s second largest mobile phone service operator, has said it would move the Delhi High Court.
The reason for the move was not immediately known, but sources close to the issue said the CDMA (code division multiple access) major is likely [...]


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Finance Ministry objects to dual tech mobile licences

14Dec07

Chennai, Dec. 13 The Union Finance Ministry has written to the Department of Telecommunications asking it to “stay” the implementation of the grant of crossover licences for CDMA operators to commence GSM operations.
The November 22 letter written by Mr D. Subbarao, Finance Secretary, to Mr D.S. Mathur, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, states that in the [...]


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Auction of 2G spectrum again ruled out

12Dec07

NEW DELHI: The Communications Minister, Mr A Raja on Wednesday ruled out auctioning of 2G spectrum to the new players to maintain level playing field between new and existing service providers.
“We cannot adopt auctioning route for existing 2G spectrum due to legal barriers. But for the next generation mobile services (3G), the government has [...]


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