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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Spectrum squeeze stumps telcos

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: The rush of mobile licence applications landing at department of telecom’s (DoT) doorstep is likely to impact the expansion plans of Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular and Spice as well as the GSM ambitions of Reliance Communications, all of whom have applied for 2G spectrum in many circles well over a year ago.
The current policy allocates 2G spectrum to companies on a first-come-first-serve-basis (where Vodafone, Idea and Spice are ranked above all the new applicants). At present, when a licence is allocated for a particular circle, it comes bundled with 2G spectrum.

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