Excess spectrum charge: COAI hits out at CDMA companies
The GSM operators on Wednesday hit out at CDMA companies for demanding that the former be charged market rates for all radio frequencies they hold over the 6.2 MHz limit.
By ET Bureau |
The GSM operators on Wednesday hit out at CDMA companies for demanding that the former be charged market rates for all radio frequencies they hold over the 6.2 MHz limit.
The Cellular Operators Association of India on Wednesday said that ���licence terms have been outlined by successive governments over a decade ago and the allegation of CDMA stakeholders tantamounts to raising fingers at every government and administration over the last decade and accusing them of acting in an extra-constitutional and unauthorised manner���.
Last week, following Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh���s demands that GSM players be charged for ���extra spectrum, the COAI written to the prime minister saying that allegations of GSM players holding excess spectrum were ���completely baseless and incorrect���. These developments come even as the Association of Unified Service Providers of India (AUSPI), the CDMA body, has moved TDSAT asking that excess spectrum be taken back from GSM operators.
While at the same adding that GSM players be charged for using the excess spectrum.
The Cellular Operators Association of India on Wednesday said that ���licence terms have been outlined by successive governments over a decade ago and the allegation of CDMA stakeholders tantamounts to raising fingers at every government and administration over the last decade and accusing them of acting in an extra-constitutional and unauthorised manner���.
Last week, following Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh���s demands that GSM players be charged for ���extra spectrum, the COAI written to the prime minister saying that allegations of GSM players holding excess spectrum were ���completely baseless and incorrect���. These developments come even as the Association of Unified Service Providers of India (AUSPI), the CDMA body, has moved TDSAT asking that excess spectrum be taken back from GSM operators.
While at the same adding that GSM players be charged for using the excess spectrum.
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