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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (21391)	4/12/2002 5:02:50 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197306

RCL may get Gujarat phone licence economictimes.indiatimes.com KALYAN PARBAT TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2002 7:20:41 AM ] OLKATA: The Ambanis may shortly transfer the Gujarat basic service licence held by Reliance Telecom to Reliance Communications the prime basic telecom services vehicle of the Reliance group. While RTL has held on to this solitary basic service licence since 1997, the Ambanis acquired 17 brand new `basic (read fixed service) licences through RCL last year. It is well known that RTL, regardless of its single basic service licence, is primarily the cellular face of the Reliance group as it operates mobile services in seven circles Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, North-east and Himachal Pradesh. The Reliance group is learnt to have sought approval from DoT to bring the `Gujarat basic licence within the RCL fold. Transfer of the Gujarat licence will enable RCL to effectively cover 95 per cent of India s addressable telecom subscriber base. It remains to be seen if DoT clears the Gujarat licence transfer proposal, given that Reliance Communications is a known advocate of the CDMA-powered WiLL technology. The DoT is also aware that the cellular industry is moving Supreme Court against the recent TDSAT verdict that had empowered basic service providers to offer `limited mobility using CDMA technology. The cellular industry argument is that CDMA is a full-fledged mobile technology. ========= So why does the author think that DoT will hold Reliance's CDMA advocacy against it? DoT has been pushing for CDMA WiLL and it's the TRAI that has been trying to put up road blocks..