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COAI threatens to sue DIAL
The Cellular Operators Association of India has threatened legal action against Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd for floating a tender seeking bids for setting up and running mobile phone antenna systems at the airport, COAI Director General TV Ramachandran said on Tuesday.
“We have been informed that under the system, you intend that all service providers terminate their services at central facility called Common Facilities Distribution building from where the signals shall be carried on your network under the tender,” COAI said in its notice to DIAL.
The DIAL tender had sought bids for setting up the mobile phone antenna systems for the new passenger terminal building No 3 and associated buildings.
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The DIAL tender had sought bids for setting up the mobile phone antenna systems for the new passenger terminal building No 3 and associated buildings.
The COAI has contended that only companies given licences by the Department of Telecommunications have the right to operate any kind of telecommunication service.
New telecom players to get spectrum in 4 more circles
Within days of the Delhi High Court giving a clean chit to the Union government in the spectrum issue, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is all set to allocate start-up spectrum to new players in four more circles.
DoT has proposed to allocate spectrum in four more circles — Maharashtra, Mumbai, Kolkata and Madhya Pradesh — to players, including Datacom, promoted by Mahendra Nahata of HFCL, realty major Unitech, BPL-led Loop Telecom, Swan Telecom and Tata Teleservice.
DoT has already alloted start-up spectrum in six circles — Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
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Within days of the Delhi High Court giving a clean chit to the Union government in the spectrum issue, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is all set to allocate start-up spectrum to new players in four more circles.
DoT has proposed to allocate spectrum in four more circles — Maharashtra, Mumbai, Kolkata and Madhya Pradesh — to players, including Datacom, promoted by Mahendra Nahata of HFCL, realty major Unitech, BPL-led Loop Telecom, Swan Telecom and Tata Teleservice.
DoT has already alloted start-up spectrum in six circles — Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
HC rejects petition on dual technology - IndianExpress.Com
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition by Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators against a government policy to permit use of dual technology for mobile services and revised spectrum allocation norms.
Justice Gita Mittal imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 each on six petitioners like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Essar and Idea Cellular, and their association Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) to be deposited with the Delhi High Court Legal Service Authority.
“Prima facie, it cannot be held that the decision of the government confers any unfair advantage to any particular person and consequently the submission that the government has disturbed the level playing field has to be rejected,” observed the court in its judgment.
GSM operators agree to provide links to RCom
The interconnection row between Reliance Communications and GSM players has been settled amicably with all the existing operators agreeing to offer links.
The issue was resolved on Thursday at a closed door meeting between the two sides. The meeting was initiated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
While Idea Cellular had already opened up its network for interconnecting with Reliance, other operators, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar, have also agreed to offer the links. Earlier, the telecom regulator had said that operators whodo not offer interconnection to Reliance Communications by August 21, will have to face action.
RCom links: TRAI, GSM players stand-off continues
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has once again rejected GSM operators’ stand on offering links to Reliance Communication and has issued a fresh deadline of August 21 for complying with its orders.
The telecom regulator has earlier asked
Telecom players divided over WiMax spectrum pricing
The telecom regulator’s move to review the spectrum pricing for wireless broadband services using technologies such as WiMax has divided the telecom industry.
While the GSM operator’s lobby Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has pushed for parity between the price for third generation mobile and WiMax to keep the playing field level, others — including Reliance Communication and Intel — want the spectrum for WiMax to be priced lower to make broadband services more affordable.
The outcome of this debate will have an impact on what consumers pay for wireless broadband services.
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