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Unified licensing norm in 1 mth

May 12, 2004 17:32 IST

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is likely to finalise its recommendations on unified licensing regime in about one month.

"We have given various models for the unified regime and the operators and stakeholders have given their opinion. We will analyse this. We are likely to firm up our views on the subject in about a month," TRAI member, D P S Seth said after an open house session on Unified Licensing Regime in New Delhi.

During the session today the Cellular Operators Association of India said all telecom service should be covered under unified licence including fixed and wireless broadband.

"There should be a scheme of class licence. The registration charge should be a one time charge covering the cost of processing and issuing of licences," COAI director general T V Ramachandran said.

According to COAI, annual licence fee should be prescribed at six per cent of adjusted gross revenue (five per cent towards universal service and one per cent as administrative cost) subject to a minimum fixed levy to deter non-serious players.

COAI has said the benefit of two per cent reduction in revenue share granted to the first and second cellular licencee should not be disturbed even under the new regime.

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