The Hindu Business Line : CDMA players want GSM spectrum to be halved

THE Association of Unified Service Providers of India has said that spectrum allocation to GSM operators should be halved from 10 Mhz to 5 Mhz to maintain a level playing field with CDMA based operators.

In a strongly worded letter to Mr J.S. Sarma, Secretary, Department of Telecom, the CDMA operators said the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represented the GSM operators was `misleading' the Government by saying that they were paying double the spectrum charges. COAI had made a presentation to the Union Communications Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, on September 6 claiming that while GSM operators paid 4 per cent of the annual revenues as spectrum charges, CDMA operators were paying only 2 per cent.

"However, COAI also admits that they have twice the spectrum for the same subscriber base as compared to CDMA operators. Spectrum charges have always been fixed for a particular quantum of spectrum. This is the Government policy and clearly mentioned in the relevant order," AUSPI said.

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