Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Sep 13, 2005
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Telecommunications `Raw deal for Indian CDMA players vs global peers' Thomas K. Thomas
New Delhi , Sept. 12 TELECOM major Tata TelesServices has said that CDMA-based mobile operators in the country are at a disadvantage compared to their counterparts in other parts of the world when it comes to spectrum allocation. In a presentation made to the Communication Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, the company said complicated and inequitable spectrum allocation processes had prevented the Indian CDMA industry from offering international roaming. The industry was being forced to develop equipment specifically for the Indian market at a high cost. The company said, while globally both CDMA and GSM are given at least 10 Mhz, Indian CDMA players are given only 2.5 Mhz of radio frequency. The Tata executives met Mr Maran on September 6. The presentation highlighted that the telecom regulator's suggestion to adopt 2100 Mhz for offering third generation (3G) services would result in higher cost of services and handset prices. Globally, CDMA players use the 1900-Mhz band for offering 3G services. "59 networks across 21 countries are using the 1900 Mhz. Indian CDMA subscribers will not be able to roam into these networks with 2100 Mhz equipment," according to the presentation. The company suggested that the Government bring parity in the allocation rules between CDMA and GSM operators, consistent with the global norms. It said a deviation might deprive subscribers of the benefits of the technology, making it unviable for operators, which in turn would hamper the Government's target of rolling out 250 million telephones by 2007.
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