Satellite companies should buy spectrum by paying license fees just like telcos: Bharti Airtel's Mittal
satellite spectrum, telecom tycoon Bharti Airtel's Sunit Mittal on Tuesday while addressing India Mobile Conferrence asserted that satcoms need to buy spectrum the same way telecom operators do along with paying license fees.
«Telecom companies around the globe have done seminal work in connecting the world. They will take the satellite services into the remotest parts of the nations through the USO program and directly through themselves. The satellite companies who have ambitions to come into urban areas serving elite retail customers just need to take the telecom licenses like everybody with the same conditions and will have to buy the spectrum and pay license fees as the telecom players,» Mittal said.
The issue around satellite spectrum allocation has once again become the point of disagreement between Reliance Jio and other satcom players.
Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea have been supporting auction as the mode for satellite spectrum allocation as with technology advancements both satellite and terrestrial would be competing. The viewpoint was, however, opposed by Bharti-backed Eutelsat OneWeb and other satcom players. But with the notification of Telecommunications Act, all the players are expected to be given administratively.
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