Tata Teleservices has decided to surrender (“under protest”) excess CDMA spectrum beyond 2.5 MHz in 13 circles in protest' against the government's decision to impose a 'one-time fee' on its airwaves.
It said it would keep only 1.25 MHz more in Delhi and Mumbai beyond the contracted one where it has 5 MHz of spectrum but will surrender only 1.25 MHzy.
The Empowered Group of Minister (EGoM) last year had recommended have recommended that the existing operators would be charged one time spectrum fee prospectively, meaning for the years of validity remaining on the spectrum they hold.
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications had received similar notices from DoT for holding excess spectrum.According to one estimate , government may garner Rs 23,000 crore, by imposing one-time fee on operators that hold spectrum beyond a prescribed limit.
In a letter to the department of telecommunications TTsL company had demanded 120 days to surrender the additional spectrum to make sure that the its services are not affected. The company was asked to pay Rs 1152.7 crore by the government against this one-time fee.
Tata Teleservices provides high-speed data services using CDMA spectrum with dongles under the umbrella Tata Photon brand.
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