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New licences as per existing Telecom Policy, says Raja
Sandeep Joshi
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No restriction on the number of operators in the country
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575 applications seeking new telecom licenses GoM constituted on vacation of spectrum
NEW DELHI: Communications and Information Technology Minister A. Raja has said the new telecom licenses would be issued as per the existing Telecom Policy that does not put any restriction on the number of operators in the country.
Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Raja said: “We are going to issue new licenses as per the new policy framed in 2003 by the Group of Ministers (GoM) which stated that Unified Access Service (UAS) licenses will be given without any restriction.”
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had received 575 applications from over 45 applicants seeking new telecom licenses. However, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), representing GSM operators, had been opposing the move to grant new licences without addressing the issue of spectrum availability.
Mr. Raja said the National Telecom Policy of 1999 had a clause that without ensuring spectrum availability, new licenses should not be issued, but the new policy in 2003 does not put any restriction on the number of licenses or spectrum availability.
He said the government had not constituted any GoM to finalise a new spectrum policy. However, a GoM has been constituted on vacation of spectrum and raising resources for the purpose under the chairmanship of External Affairs Minister, he informed.
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