Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended a policy on 3G mobile technologies in September 2006. Its chairman Nripendra Misra, also speaking to the forum, said it was high time that a clear policy was announced by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
"I had announced recommendations for 3G in 2006, and a policy should be announced soon. I think it is already delayed," the regulator said.
But he indicated that launching services may take longer.
He said if a policy was announced now, the process of inviting bids for the auction of spectrum to allocate spectrum will take more than a year, provided it is not stalled by litigation in court.
"After auction it will take 6 to 8 months in deployment," Misra said.
He said that that India is yet to formalise the bandwidth on which the technology would be run. The regulator also said that the manufacturing sector will have to keep the equipment ready.
Source:HT,26 Oct,07
