NEW DELHI: Incumbent GSM operators - Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular - have upped the ante against dual licence holders Reliance
Communications (RCOM) and Tata Teleservices in the ongoing war for airwaves, and said that the latter generated poor returns to the government for the airwaves they hold.
Dual licence holders have approval to offer mobile services on both GSM and CDMA technological platforms. All telcos share between 2-6% of their annual revenues to the government as spectrum usage charge. GSM operators say that they hold far lower airwaves when compared to RCOM and Tatas, but pay a much higher fee to use these airwaves.
RCOM, Tatas have poor economic spectrum efficiency: GSM telcos- Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
Communications (RCOM) and Tata Teleservices in the ongoing war for airwaves, and said that the latter generated poor returns to the government for the airwaves they hold.
Dual licence holders have approval to offer mobile services on both GSM and CDMA technological platforms. All telcos share between 2-6% of their annual revenues to the government as spectrum usage charge. GSM operators say that they hold far lower airwaves when compared to RCOM and Tatas, but pay a much higher fee to use these airwaves.
RCOM, Tatas have poor economic spectrum efficiency: GSM telcos- Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times