One more telecom blow

The telecom industry may have won a respite with the courts staying the government decision to stop intra-circle roaming in 3G networks, and with TDSAT ruling in favour of Qualcomm on Wednesday—the government had reduced the life of its broadband wireless license by 18 months but the TDSAT has said this has to be restored to the original 20 years. Wednesday’s decision by the Telecom Commission that all 900 MHz spectrum—this is the most efficient spectrum—is to be ‘refarmed’, however, will be a big blow to industry leaders like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and PSUs BSNL and MTNL.

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