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To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (6147)	1/14/2001 12:35:26 AM
From: grinder965	Respond to of 196486

Skip, This is potentially huge news! Looks like MTNL is is to start launching service straight away. With a population of 1.0 Billion , CDMA WLL service could be the right solution at the right time for 10's of millions in India . Also not much of a GSM legacy - about 2 million subscribers I believe.

To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (6147)	1/16/2001 7:42:18 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Respond to of 196486

IT IS OFFICIAL: DOT accepts TRAI limits DOT HAS decided to accept Trai recommendations allowing basic telecom operators to offer short distance mobile telephone services based on wireless in local loop technology. This will bring down the cost of short distance mobile calling to one twentieth of current cellular rates. Apparently the above story was premature. The full commission will meet next week to consider: Wednesday Jan 17 2001 \| Updated 0017 hrs IST 1347 EST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panel to take up WLL recommendations NEW DELHI THE GOVERNMENT is likely to consider allowing fixed service providers to offer limited mobility on January 24, as recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India last week. "The entire commission is scheduled to meet on January 24 and the issue of limited mobility as proposed by TRAI is one of the items on the agenda," Shyamal Ghosh, chairman of telecom commission, told reporters here on Tuesday. TRAI, on January 8, had forwarded its recommendations on the controversial issue of allowing basic operators to provide limited mobility to subscribers to the department of telecommunications. In its recommendations, the regulator had suggested that the government should allow limited mobility on basic telephones within the local area with Rs 1.20 tariff for a three minute call. Recommending a matching benefit to cellular operators, TRAI had said the operators should be permitted to provide fixed phones on their network as a part of providing level playing field. TRAI also suggested that entry fee and licence fee as percentage of revenue should not be altered and should be as for basic services. Stating that the recommendations were based on the fact that wireless in local loop mobility was not the same as that of cellular mobile services, it had taken the view that the "customers should not be denied the benefits offered by technology." - PTI