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Tuesday, Jun 27, 2006
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Telecommunications Government - Security Govt mulls spectrum charges on defence forces Thomas K Thomas
New Delhi , June 26 The Government is considering imposing spectrum charges on defence forces for use of radio frequency. Armed forces are the biggest users of spectrum in the country, and pay no charges for the same at present. Other users of radio frequency such as mobile operators pay a part of their annual revenue to the Government as spectrum fees. The move to bring the defence forces within the ambit of spectrum fee is being seen as part of Department of Telecom's (DoT) attempts to make spectrum utilisation more efficient. The Defence has, however, opposed the proposal and raised concerns at a meeting last week . Senior Government sources said that the representatives of the armed forces said that the additional charge in the form of spectrum fee would put monetary pressure on it since the forces were not using the radio frequency for commercial purpose. They also said that the move was being discussed at a preliminary stage and may be taken up by one of the sub committees that are formulating the road map for the next five-year plan. With spectrum being scarce, the DoT is finding ways to make available more radio frequencies for commercial usage. The Government will release 45 Mhz of spectrum, currently being used by the armed forces, before the end of the year. This will be given to cellular operators even as part of the defence forces' communication needs is being shifted to a wire line network being set up by state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
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