Tata Tele wants GSM spectrum in 39 districts
Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTL) has written to the Department of Telecom to release start up spectrum for its GSM services in 39 districts across the country. The company, which had got 2G licences in 2008, had not got start up spectrum of 4.4 MHz in Delhi and 39 other districts. Recently, the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) upheld an appeal by the company and ordered DoT to allocate GSM spectrum to Tata Teleservices in Delhi. Buoyed by the TDSAT order, Tata Teleservices has written to the DoT claiming spectrum in other regions as well.
DoT had put TTL's application under the new operator's category. This category was behind the existing operator's category in terms of spectrum allocation. TDSAT upheld TTL's argument that it was an existing operator and, therefore, entitled to spectrum along with other dual technology players.
The company has sought spectrum in 4 districts in Uttar Pradesh (west) including Agra, Bareilly, and Nainital; 6 districts in Himachal Pradesh, two in Haryana, 3 each in Gujarat and West Bengal, 11 in Rajasthan, 2 in Punjab, 5 in Bihar and 3 in Uttar Pradesh (East). DoT does not have any spectrum to give in Bihar and UP (East) and less than 4.4 MHz in West Bengal, Rajasthan and Punjab.
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