Makes you kind of wonder what shortage of spectrum actually means,
doesn't it? Since just about everybody and his uncleseems to be sitting
on a stash of spectrum.
Ram
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*Next on the block: 4G mobile spectrum*
Ashish Sinha, Rishi Raj
Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 0122 hrs IST
*Tags:* 4G Mobile Spectrum
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*New Delhi:* India has taken a step closer to high-speed 4G data
services, with the Union I&B ministry agreeing to vacate 700 MHz band
spectrum that is currently under the control of the ministry.
Historically, this band is used gobally for broadcast services but is
increasingly being allocated to mobile operators for providing 4G
telecom services.
This follows a long sparring between the telecom department and the I&B
ministry for the control over this band. The I&B ministry was not
willing to vacate this band. However, revenue considerations seem to
have worked in favour of the the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
The lower the spectrum band, the greater its efficiency and
consequently, greater the revenues it can fetch. Last April, the
government had auctioned 2.3 GHz spectrum for broadband wireless access,
raking in R38,543 crore. Auctioning the 700 MHz spectrum for 4G services
could potentially earn much more. I&B ministry vacating the spectrum
will open it for auctions by DoT.
The I&B ministry did not want to vacate the 700 MHz band since it is
allotted to Doordarshan and also because it wants to start mobile TV
services. However, sources said that the I&B ministry has constituted a
sub-committee to review the 700 MHz band and take a re-look at the
demands of Doordarshan and the feasibility of freeing it for broadband
services by mobile operators.
"The spectrum requirements of Doordarshan and mobile TV will be reviewed
as part of the exercise to establish exactly how much spectrum can be
freed up for other essential requirements," a senior Doordarshan
official told FE.
The I&B ministry has envisaged 96 MHz of spectrum allocation for mobile
TV services, a policy that is still far from final. "The plan was to
allocate 8 MHz spectrum to six mobile operators (4 private, 2
Doordarshan) each in a city after auctioning. However, there is an
option of reducing this number by two (1 private, 1 Doordarshan), which
will free up 32 MHz. Finding another block of 8 MHz will not be
difficult," a source in the government said.
Earlier this year, Doordarshan had conducted an internal audit of its
current and future spectrum requirements and informed the I&B ministry
of requirements inclusive of the 96 MHz which will be reserved for
mobile TV services.
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