Additional 2G spectrum should be charged through auction: CDG
A global CDMA trade development body, CDG on Thursday said additional 2G spectrum must be priced through auction beyond the contracted amount from the local association.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: A global CDMA trade development body, CDG on Thursday said additional 2G spectrum must be priced through auction beyond the contracted amount from the local association.
2G spectrum allocated in excess of the contracted amount of 4.4 MHz & 6.2 MHz to GSM players must be made chargeable and all further allocation of 2G Spectrum should be auctioned considering the fact that demand far outstrips availability. Subscriber-linked criteria must be done away with said B V Raman, Country Head, CDG India.
2G spectrum is the radio waves that mobile players use currently. CDMA players association AUSPI had also earlier asked the Government to auction 2G additional spectrum.
The CDG urges the Department of Telecom to address "imbalances within the 2G spectrum bands to increase fair competition. By allocating 2G spectrum on an incremental basis based on an operator's reported subscriber numbers and dated spectrum efficiency analysis, the government has constrained CDMA2000 operators to only half of the amount of spectrum available to GSM operators."
The body has also asked the Department of Telecom not to reject the mixed 1900 MHz band allocation and has sought testing the feasibility of sharing the spectrum between CDMA2000 and WCDMA (GSM-based 3G system) systems.
Assigning 3G spectrum in the 800 MHz frequency band for the CDMA Operators is welcomed but the allocation of just one carrier each of 2 x 1.25 MHz is highly inadequate compared to the 10 MHz allocation in the 2100 MHz band (as is proposed the case of GSM players).
2G spectrum allocated in excess of the contracted amount of 4.4 MHz & 6.2 MHz to GSM players must be made chargeable and all further allocation of 2G Spectrum should be auctioned considering the fact that demand far outstrips availability. Subscriber-linked criteria must be done away with said B V Raman, Country Head, CDG India.
2G spectrum is the radio waves that mobile players use currently. CDMA players association AUSPI had also earlier asked the Government to auction 2G additional spectrum.
The CDG urges the Department of Telecom to address "imbalances within the 2G spectrum bands to increase fair competition. By allocating 2G spectrum on an incremental basis based on an operator's reported subscriber numbers and dated spectrum efficiency analysis, the government has constrained CDMA2000 operators to only half of the amount of spectrum available to GSM operators."
The body has also asked the Department of Telecom not to reject the mixed 1900 MHz band allocation and has sought testing the feasibility of sharing the spectrum between CDMA2000 and WCDMA (GSM-based 3G system) systems.
Assigning 3G spectrum in the 800 MHz frequency band for the CDMA Operators is welcomed but the allocation of just one carrier each of 2 x 1.25 MHz is highly inadequate compared to the 10 MHz allocation in the 2100 MHz band (as is proposed the case of GSM players).
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