The country?s second-largest telecom service provider, Reliance Communications, (RComm) has written to the minister of communications and IT, A Raja, saying the recent recommendations by Trai do not create a level-playing field between GSM and CDMA service providers. RComm provides services both in GSM and CDMA technologies.
?By not recommending the evolution path and having lower limits of spectrum for CDMA operators, the authority has created a non level playing field and has overlooked the growth aspirations of CDMA operators. This is not in line with the technology neutrality policy of the government followed so far,? A N Sethuraman, group president, said in a letter.
The company said that Trai has not provided details of vacation of spectrum in 800, 450, and 1900 Mhz bands which would provide extra spectrum for meeting the requirements of 2G and EVDO of CDMA operators. It added, ?In spite of our various requests, the DoT has not included the auctioning of 800 Mhz band for EVDO operations which is a forward path for the CDMA operators.?
