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Saturday, Jul 16, 2005
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Telecommunications 3G spectrum pricing policy soon: Maran Our Bureau
(From left) , Mr N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor, Infoys; Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Union Minister for Information Technology; and Mr Sanjay Nayak, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tejas Networks India Ltd, at Tejas' new facility in Bangalore on Friday. - - G. R. N. Somashekar
Bangalore , July 15 THE Union Government expects to come out with a pricing policy for 3G spectrum soon, said the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, here on Friday. Mr Maran was speaking to reporters after inaugurating the new research and development facility of Tejas Networks, an optical networking products company. Pricing for 3G spectrum will be unveiled after the Wireless Planning and Co-ordination (WPC) Wing within the Communications Ministry submitted its report, Mr Maran said. "The WPC is currently doing rounds with the GSM and CDMA operators over the issue," Mr Maran said, adding, "In any case, the existing New Telecom Policy of 1999 can very well handle issues related to 3G spectrum." Cellular operators were divided over the issue of whether 3G spectrum should be priced or not. While a section of the operators believe the Government should charge for the 3G spectrum, the other section was against it on the ground that it would be financially unviable for them. Mr Maran also said the Ministry would seek Cabinet approval for the proposed global research centre for WiMAX technology that is being jointly set up by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) and Alcatel in Chennai by next month. He also said BSNL and MTNL had decided to incorporate a clause in their forthcoming tenders to procure equipment that makes it mandatory for global vendors to undertake 20 per cent of the value additions in India. "This will not violate any norms and is done to ensure better service back-up. It will also open the doors for telecom MNCs such as Ericsson and Nokia to come and set up shop in India," he said.
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