Dear Rajen and Ram,
I really liked this suggestion - Community Media Consortium (CMC)!! OneWorld would be happy to provide incubation platform to this loose alliance to evolve if CRF is unable to assume this advocacy role. Naimur ------ Naimur Rahman Director, OneWorld South Asia Managing Director, OneWorld Foundation India President, Fundación GKP (Global Knowledge Partnership) _____ From: N.Ramakrishnan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 26 May 2011 16:05 To: Rajen Varada Cc: Naimur Rahman; [email protected] Subject: Re: [cr-india] Financial Express article: Next on the block: 4G mobilespectrum Rajan, I quite agree. Any suggestions on how we could structure such an advocacy group, and how we develop a response? Ram -- N.Ramakrishnan Director of Projects Ideosync Media Combine 177, Ashoka Enclave III Sector 35, Faridabad - 121 003 Haryana - India Tel: +91-0129-4131883/4064883/4065883/6510156 Mobile: +91-9810273883 Web: www.ideosyncmedia.org 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? -- Rajen Varada CEO Labournet 25/1-4,9th Cross, J.P. Nagar-2nd Phase, Bangalore-560076, INDIA Skype rajen.varada Tell +91-80-45504550 mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] www.labournet.in <http://www.labournet.in/> ------------------------------------------- On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Naimur Rahman <[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 ------ Naimur Rahman Director, OneWorld South Asia Managing Director, OneWorld Foundation India President, Fundación GKP (Global Knowledge Partnership) _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of N.Ramakrishnan Sent: 12 May 2011 10:08 To: [email protected] 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 -- N.Ramakrishnan Director of Projects Ideosync Media Combine 177, Ashoka Enclave III Sector 35, Faridabad - 121 003 Haryana - India Tel: +91-0129-4131883/4064883/4065883/6510156 Mobile: +91-9810273883 Web: www.ideosyncmedia.org ********** Next on the block: 4G mobile spectrum Ashish Sinha, Rishi Raj Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 0122 hrs IST Tags: 4G Mobile Spectrum <http://www.financialexpress.com/gsearch.php?cx=partner-pub-9517772455344405 :x8r0lv-hydo&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=4G%20mobile%20spectrum&sa=Search #1113&type=financialexpress> | I <http://www.financialexpress.com/gsearch.php?cx=partner-pub-9517772455344405 :x8r0lv-hydo&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%20I&B%20ministry%20vacate%20spe ctrum&sa=Search#1113&type=financialexpress> &B Ministry Vacate Spectrum | 4G Data Services <http://www.financialexpress.com/gsearch.php?cx=partner-pub-9517772455344405 :x8r0lv-hydo&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%204G%20data%20services&sa=Searc h#1113&type=financialexpress> <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=xa-4ce654d665deb334> 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. ********* Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
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