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New Delhi, Nov. 24 Telecom Watchdog, an NGO based in Delhi, has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court against the Government’s decision to allocate spectrum to existing mobile companies beyond what was committed in the licence.

While the mobile licence specifies spectrum allocation between 4.4 MHZ and 6.2 Mhz, some of the existing players have got even beyond 10 Mhz in some circles based on their subscriber base. Earlier, the CDMA-based operators had also filed a petition in the telecom tribunal against the excess spectrum allocation.

The NGO, which has also named seven mobile operators in the case, has a demanded CBI enquiry. It alleged that leading GSM operators such as Airtel, Vodafone (earlier Hutch), Reliance, Tatas and Idea were able to acquire spectrum beyond 4.4 MHz in a non-transparent manner.

The petition follows after another PIL filed was filed by an individual against the spectrum allocation policy followed by the Government under a first-come-first-serve basis to new players. The HC has issued a notice to Department of Telecom in this case.

Meanwhile, the DoT proposed to impose a one-time fee on existing players in a bid to claim the value of excess spectrum allocated to them.

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