Rajan, I quite agree. Any suggestions on how we could structure such an
advocacy group, and how we develop a response?
Ram
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On 26/05/2011 15:45, Rajen Varada wrote:
There needs to be a combined effort to look at the whole spectrum
issues in toto and create a pressure group to make it more accountable.
Can we envisage a community media consortium to take it up?
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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Naimur Rahman
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dear Ram,
Thanks for flagging this. I think CR community should make a
strong advocacy effort against such rampant commercialisation of
finite resources – and especially when spectrum shortage is cited
for limited radio licenses. Would CRF work with larger civil
society to take forward this struggle?
Naimur
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*Subject:* [cr-india] Financial Express article: Next on the
block: 4G mobilespectrum
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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| I&B Ministry Vacate 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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