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New Delhi, Nov. 30 The third meeting of the panel set up by the Communications Ministry to review the spectrum allocation norms did not come to any conclusions on Friday.

The panel, comprising experts from Indian Institute of Technology and the telecom industry, will meet again on December 5 and 6 before submitting its report to the Government.

During the meeting, officials from the Telecom Engineering Centre made a presentation backing their subscriber-based spectrum allocation norms.

According to industry sources, the TEC norm was put under scrutiny by cellular operators but they could not point out any flaw in the calculations, though some points were made on the assumptions made by the technical body.

TEC pointed out that the enhanced subscriber base criteria was based on the data provided by the cellular operators themselves.

MTNL and Spice Telecom also made presentations. The State owned company said that it should be given priority while allocating spectrum since it was at a disadvantage compared to private players.

Meanwhile, in a related development Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications fired fresh salvos against each other. In a statement issued, Bharti said that CDMA operators should stop spreading misinformation over spectrum issues and refuted their calculations regarding quantum of airwaves allocated to GSM players. “It is time for our detractors to accept that others have an equal opportunity and right to succeed in this country,” Bharti said.

RCom responded by saying that Bharti was “typically self-contradictory”. The company alleged that Bharti Airtel has illegally captured spectrum in excess of 6.2 MHz by misleading DoT.

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