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Barcelona, Feb 29 The government is considering unified licences and technology-neutral spectrums which might see 4G licences being auctioned simultaneously with 3G licences distribution.
"We are in the process of formulating a new regulation. Once that is done, a single licence would be given for services of similar nature ... multiple licences would not be needed," said telecom secretary Sunil Kanti Bose on Wednesday on the sidelines of the ongoing GSMA Mobile World Congress-2012 in Barcelona, Spain.
He said the government is keeping the operators in mind while drawing up the regulation, "Rules on spectrum distribution would be drawn in a way that would allow them (operators) to launch 4G services just after upgrading their 3G equipment a little."
The bureaucrat, also chief of the Bangladeshi delegation to the global mobile congress, said, "Elaborations on the decision regarding unified licences and technology-neutral spectrums would be publicised after the regulation is finalised."
Pointing out that the main issue between the governments and the operators even at the congress is unified licences and technology-neutral spectrum, Bose added, "India gave operators unified licences only this year."
The four-day conference and exhibition aiming to develop mobile phone services around the world started on Monday.
Leading mobile phone operators, vendors and content owners from across the world are participating in the GSMA Mobile World Congress-2012, the world's largest mobile industry show. Around 1,400 exhibitors are exhibiting their products and services at the exhibition.
"We are in the process of formulating a new regulation. Once that is done, a single licence would be given for services of similar nature ... multiple licences would not be needed," said telecom secretary Sunil Kanti Bose on Wednesday on the sidelines of the ongoing GSMA Mobile World Congress-2012 in Barcelona, Spain.
He said the government is keeping the operators in mind while drawing up the regulation, "Rules on spectrum distribution would be drawn in a way that would allow them (operators) to launch 4G services just after upgrading their 3G equipment a little."
The bureaucrat, also chief of the Bangladeshi delegation to the global mobile congress, said, "Elaborations on the decision regarding unified licences and technology-neutral spectrums would be publicised after the regulation is finalised."
Pointing out that the main issue between the governments and the operators even at the congress is unified licences and technology-neutral spectrum, Bose added, "India gave operators unified licences only this year."
The four-day conference and exhibition aiming to develop mobile phone services around the world started on Monday.
Leading mobile phone operators, vendors and content owners from across the world are participating in the GSMA Mobile World Congress-2012, the world's largest mobile industry show. Around 1,400 exhibitors are exhibiting their products and services at the exhibition.
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