SPECTRUM Vs GOVERNMENT IGNORANCE

Today, in most of the countries telecom companies are working on 3G technology, which requires huge spectrum.

3-G technology have various advantages, have a look at these:

• It support great number of voice and data customers than 2G tech.

• Low incremental cost in implementation

• Reduces the high congestion in metros i.e. Mumbai, delhi where subscriber base is increasing leap and bound way.

• Increase in Transmission rate to 384kb/sec for mobile systems and 2 Mb/s for stationary systems.

In our country we are using two different wireless technologies, GSM (Global system for mobile) & CDMA (code division multiple access). There is big internal fight of spectrum demand among GSM as well as CDMA technology telecom service providers.

According to Indian current telecom policy:

GSM operators have been allocated spectrum in the ranges of 890-902.5 MHz paired with 935-947.5 MHz and 902.5-915 MHz paired with 947.5-960 MHz. This gives the GSM operators total of 25+25MHz. CDMA operators have been allocated 824-844 MHz/869-889 MHz 20MHz+20MHz. DOT reasoning was that CDMA operators were more efficient in using the same and hence slightly lesser. Operator who adds more number of subscribers can get more spectrum.

Recently in spectrum war time Indian government provided state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited additional spectrum of up to 10 MHz for GSM technology services in over 16 circles even as private competitors have been waiting to be allotted spectrum by the Department of Telecommunications since December 2006. This government move really made private players impatient. Till today, 30 new companies had applied for licenses. God knows when these companies will get license and will join the telecom industry.

Then government's stand and biasness with private telecom operators is like step son.

As per Indian defense sources, they want some time to release the spectrum for DoT due some security reason while here in telecom industry, new subscribers are increasing with 20% which affects the services of these operators..

DoT, TRAI, Operators, Indian government & defense all are disguise and dont know the day when we will be able to 3G technology, no call muffling, no call drops, smooth voice etc.

I have a doubt in this deal too like our well documented and highly ambitious NUKE deal....

Lets see how Telecom companies will handle such situation?????