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To: mightylakers who wrote (8013)	3/2/2001 1:22:20 AM
From: straight life	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196652

India outlines spectrum allocation rules for fixed WLL By Jagdish Rattanani, Total Telecom, in Mumbai totaltele.com 01 March 2001 Fixed service providers that run mobile services using wireless local loop technology will be allocated spectrum based on how well they meet the rollout obligations, according to the secretary for the Department of Telecommunications, Shyamal Ghosh. Ghosh told reporters in Mumbai that spectrum in the 800-megahertz frequency band would be allotted on a "first come, first served" basis, but not all in one go. According to Ghosh, available spectrum can support as many as eight operators in each telecoms operational area, but he added that no more than four to five operators would remain in the fray. "Spectrum cannot be traded. If the operator doesn't use it, spectrum reverts to the government," Ghosh said. Each operator would be allotted spectrum in slices of 1.5 to 2.5 MHz, subject to an FSP meeting its rollout obligations. A total of 20 MHz is available in the 800 MHz band for WLL-CDMA mobility. The government last month opened basic services to unlimited competition, and also said FSPs would be allowed to run "limited" mobile services using WLL technology. These mobile services would be available at fixed-line costs, which are far lower than cellular airtime rates. The cellular operators are opposed to FSPs running what they say is essentially a parallel mobile service without any of the high fees paid by the cellular operators for their licenses. The government has received more than 120 applications for FSP licenses, most of them from cellular operators concerned about FSP groups eating into their cellular business.