Sunil Mittal hails TRAI's 3G recommendations
TRAI has suggested a base price formula for 3G spectrum acquisition along with auction route in the 2.1 GHz frequency band for GSM based services.
By PTI |
LUDHIANA: Leading mobile operator Bharti Airtel Limited on Wednesday welcomed TRAI's recommendations on 3G spectrum and said the company would roll out first 3G network-enabled services within the six months of getting a license.
"It is a coherent policy... This is not a piecemeal approach," Bharti Group Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Mittal told reporters here.
TRAI has suggested a base price formula for 3G spectrum acquisition along with auction route in the 2.1 GHz frequency band for GSM based services.
Bharti Airtel is offering GSM-based mobile services and has a pan-India presence. Currently, Bharti has a subscriber base of over 25 million and has announced plans to enter the rural India in a big way.
Mittal said with the new mechanism of 3G network the spectrum, which is short in availability, can be used efficiently and rural population would be the main beneficiary of new system.
"Overall, we are satisfied with the policy and we hope there will be a level playing field in the national spectrum policy to be announced by Department of Telecom on the basis of TRAI's recommendations," he said.
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