- In its ‘Guidelines on Spectrum Sharing’ TRAI has recommended:
- All access spectrums in the bands of 800/900/1800/2100/2300/2500 MHz will be sharable if that both the licensees are having spectrum in the same band.
- If either of the licensees sharing the spectrum have administratively assigned spectrum (without allocation) in that band, then, after sharing, they will be permitted to provide only those services which can be provided through the administratively held spectrum.
- Post-spectrum sharing the SUC (spectrum usage charges) will increase by 0.5% for both the licensees.
- A non-refundable processing fee of Rs. 50,000 per operator for each service area in which they opt for spectrum sharing.
- 50% of the spectrum held by one operator in the band being shared will be considered as additional spectrum for the other for calculation purposes under the spectrum cap rule.
- As per this rule, a telecom company can hold a maximum of 50 % spectrum assigned to all companies in a circle and 25 % in a frequency band.
- However, leasing of spectrum is not permitted.
- The move will benefit major operators by reducing costs and increasing quality at the same time besides providing additional network capacities in places with network congestion.
- It has also taken into account the practical problems arising from such as move such as need for coordinated network planning, actual realized capacity in a sharing scenario compared to a when it acquires its own spectrum.
- Read at:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-business/trai-recommends-sharing-of-all-telecom-spectrum/article6235282.ece