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Telecommunications ‘TRAI proposal on spectrum allocation erroneous’ “The TRAI has most erroneously assumed a 100 per cent loading of a network which is both a technical and practical impossibility,” says COAI. Our Bureau New Delhi, Oct 5 Cellular Operator’s Association of India has told the Government that the recommendations on spectrum allocation criteria made by the telecom regulator is based erroneous calculations. While TRAI had suggested that operators be asked to pack in more than double their existing subscriber base to be eligible for additional spectrum, GSM operators said that if the errors in the TRAI calculations are taken into account then the actual subscriber base required for more radio frequency will conform to the existing policy. “Enhanced subscriber linkage criteria recommended by TRAI are based on assumptions that are incorrect, technically flawed and impossible to achieve. The TRAI has most erroneously assumed a 100 per cent loading of a network which is both a technical as well as a practical impossibility. In reality, networks operate on 70 per cent loading,” COAI said in a letter to DoT. “In fact, if we were to just correct the 100 per cent loading assumption of TRAI and bring it down to the practical and realistic level of 70 per cent, the subscriber linkage of 30 lakh subscribers recommended by TRAI for 12.4 MHz in Delhi and Mumbai, would in one stroke come down to 21 lakhs. If one were to correct the other anomalies as well, it could well be that the number would be far closer to the actual numbers (16 lakh subscribers) notified in March 2006,” COAI added. Spectrum for mobile services will be available in Nov: Raja Spectrum deal being worked out ‘Defence open to vacating spectrum’ Spectrum application awaits panel proposals More Stories on : Telecommunications | Regulatory Bodies & Rulings | Industry Associations
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