The deliberations were a part of the ongoing talks on the revised National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP) for the next decade.
At a time when spectrum has assumed a different meaning altogether in the backdrop of the alleged 2G scam, industry stakeholders in the telecom and broadcasting sectors deliberated on who should be allotted what frequency band here on Thursday.
The deliberations were a part of the ongoing talks on the revised National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP) for the next decade.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is targeting to put in place the new NFAP, as per the requirements of the industry and technological developments, by the year 2012. Currently, government agencies and companies across sectors are following NFAP 2008.
Among those crossing each others’ path are Amateur Radio Society of India and state-owned All India Radio (AIR).
In a meeting held last month, it was decided that the proposal of the Amateur Radio Society of India for some frequency bands shall be examined as per the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) Regulations, and that views of AIR must be taken too.
Also, while GSM (global systems for mobile communications) telcos represented by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) proposed segmentation of a spectrum band for mobile TV and telephony, state-owned broadcaster Prasar Bharati contested the telcos.
Prasar Bharati stated that Doordarshan was planning digital TV in that band.
Co-existence of TDD (time division duplex) and FDD (frequency division duplex) in adjacent bands is yet another issue under discussion at DoT for the revised frequency plan. Duplexing refers to the way downlink and uplink data is arranged in a two-way wireless transmission. This could cause interference for mobile telephony service, it was opined by an industry stakeholder.
COAI, on behalf of GSM players, also raised a concern that the EVDO (Evolution data optimised) service may interfere with the 2.1 GHz band used by GSM service providers.
EVDO is a high-speed broadband standard, that was developed on the CDMA (code division multiple access) technology.
GSM and CDMA are rival platforms. In the previous meeting, COAI and Auspi (representing CDMA players) were told to come together and resolve the issue.
While telcos sought opening of frequency bands beyond 60 GHz for various applications, representative of the space department stated that their Earth Exploration Satellite Services should be taken into account before taking the step.
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