Lauding the government for the announcement of the much-awaited 3G policy, the GSM industry body said ?government’s 3G policy is a fair and transparent way of allocating additional spectrum among the service providers?. While the CDMA industry association said it was studying the policy.
The GSM industry body, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said that the automatic extension of the existing 2G licences would ensure continuity and stability of services. “This will help bridge the urban-rural digital divide and lead to penetration of broadband services in the country,” P Balaji, vice president (marketing and strategy), Ericsson India, said.
CDMA operators’ association, the Association of Unified Service providers of India (Auspi), however, said they were still studying the guidelines. But the CDMA Development Group welcomed the policy and said the DoT’s decision to open globally harmonised band in 450 MHz, 1900 MHz and 2100 MHz is good for the industry.
Ficci said the 3G policy would attract huge investments in the country to the tune of $8-10 billion over the next two to three years. CDMA technology innovator Qualcomm said the 3G policy will benefit the entire wireless communication eco-system.
