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Should TRAI Cancel the 69 licences of all those 6 operators??

Created by : Radha Sundaram, Sales/BD Manager, Bharti Airtel  | 11 19 2010 05:21:27 +0000
Industry : Telecom/ISPFunctional Area : Strategy Execution(Strategy & Execution)
Keywords : trai 2g scam 2g spectrum scam telecom regulatory authority of india trai to cancel all the 69 licenses of 6 operators
Activity:  508 views;  last activity : 12 11 2010 12:58:51 +0000

Two days after the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) report on 2G spectrum allocation highlighted the non-fulfilment of rollout obligations by new telecom operators, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended cancellation of 69 licences of six operators, including five new ones, who were sitting on spectrum and failed to provide services in the circles allotted to them.

As per the conditions, the licensees are required to roll out the services in 90 per cent service area in metros and 10 per cent district headquarters in other service areas within 12 months of the date of award of the licences.

So, what do you think people should TRAI cancel all the 69 licences given to these 6 operators?? OR should they be given some time to roll out to all the circles alloted to them?? Do share your views on this......

  
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There is no question in it...they should cancel all the licenses given to them during the 2G scam which happened, and if they have not rolled out services till now thousands of crores together has been lost, if the services had been rolled out the spectrum services there would have been better connectivity by this time. So, there is no point in continuing the relation with people who have cheated like this....award new licenses to people who can do the job much better.
By Smita Dalvi, Sales/BD Manager, Hewlett-Packard  11 19 2010 05:34:35 +0000
 
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No...Telecom operators at question here are Etisalat DB (earlier Swan) that has failed to roll out services in 15 circles, Videocon Communications (earlier Datacom Solutions) in 10 circles, Uninor (Unitech Group) in 8 circles, Loop Telecom (earlier Shipping Stop Dot Com) in 20 circles, Sistema-Shyam in 11 circles and Aircel in 5 circles.

Than cancelling all those 69 licenses and then again awarding them to someone else will be all the more tedious process and it will take more time to rollout the services in all those circles, better make them pay penalty and make sure the work is completed within the stipulated amount of time.....
By Radha Sundaram, Sales/BD Manager, Bharti Airtel  11 19 2010 05:21:27 +0000
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I agree with Smita. The Licenses should be canceled immediately so that other players who get the spectrum later do not dare violate terms. Also the sale of spectrum will now fetch better price.


By Ravindra Patil, Director - Marketing, Ultraliant Infotech Pvt Ltd  | 12 11 2010 12:58:51 +0000
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Do not agree with you Radha. Those who have cheated the Govt are not eligible to take another chance. Selling the allocated spectrum to other players is something that clearly shows how serious are they.This is one of the biggest scams in India and I feel Govt is taking necessary measures now at least to recover the damage
By Abdul Raheem.Syed, Systems Engineer, Leading CEM vendor  | 11 27 2010 14:15:59 +0000
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spectrum like land and water is a very scarce resource. you cannot lock up a large part of the spectrum just because you have "reserved" it and not use it at all. if you cannot comply with roll-out then this has to be returned. this idea is not totally new. internationally also cross-border spectrum is negotiated with the international agency by member countries. if not used, it is withdrawn. the same is also applicable for another very very scare international resource:-geostationary satellite parking slots. if not utilised within the time period, it is withdrawn. so you cannot rollout then surrender before it is withdrawn
By V. Srinivas, Freelancer, Information Technology  | 11 27 2010 13:49:05 +0000
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Why not since the licensees fail in providing the services, end user is suffered. To prevent such a chaos in future the management committee of the respective company should review the project requirements & should take necessary steps immediately.
By Omkar V. Pawaskar, Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer, Alfa Laval India Ltd.  | 11 25 2010 04:40:59 +0000
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tell me 1 good reason why they should nt?? the ones involved in fudging of accounts are causing all the problem in the country... clean them out!!
By Bharath Iyer, Project Manager, Photon Infotech  | 11 20 2010 16:06:47 +0000
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its absolutely a right decision still in a right time eventhough we lost ample crores of public economy. if the cancellation takes place that will be a warning to such people who plan for scams more over it will be an optimistic one for those who wanted to involve in service with dedicative transpanrant true business.
By rajeswari tammineni, News Anchor/TV Presenter, jk communications, city channel  | 11 20 2010 14:12:31 +0000
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TRAI should cancel their license
By Sunil Jadala, Client Account Manager, Adecco India Ltd  | 11 20 2010 10:11:50 +0000
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I support the cancellation of licenses
By Padmanaban Govindaraj, Solutions Architect  | 11 20 2010 07:29:16 +0000
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Its a murky affair. PM would have acted wise. He failed to keep his clean image intact. Political pressures might have pulled him back. The licences issued to all these operators are liable for cancellation, since their legitimacy is in question. Whatever may be it is tedious and time consuming affair, there is no other go, except to cancel these licences first and then issue afresh will be the correct strategy to get rid of the tainted image.
By Srinivas suravajhala, Asst. Manager.  | 11 20 2010 05:18:13 +0000
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The scam was actually for giving the licenses to the parties at a low rate based on 2001 while the market rate was higher than that at the time selling the spectrum. Could have got a better market rate if it was auctioned. So this was actually a scam by the related politicians and the corporates making a big loss to the country and the people.The loss amount is much bigger than budget amount of the country.So Re-Auction of the spectrum licenses should be done and the companies involved should be made to pay the extra money as found in the auction and also should be made to pay the penalty for making the scam trying to make loss for the country.They should be made sure to provide the services to the allocated spectrum by these companies. If these cannot be done the licenses of these parties should be cancelled and should be auctioned to new parties and those companies who involved in the scam should be penalised.Its high time that we should take some strong actions.
By Moncy George, Export Import Executive, Mathewsons Exports & Imports Pvt Ltd  | 11 19 2010 10:24:33 +0000
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The said licenses must be canceled IMMEDIATELY. Whatsoever be the consequences! Corporates who are party to scam MUST go out. Lets begin to teach lessons. Corporates are smart enough. At the time of getting licenses only they reserve some funds for paying penalty, if get caught.  First get the work done by giving bribe and IF caught, pay some LITTLE penalty and then emerge as clean. So there is no loss at all as they know that there business will not be affected. But this time lets hit at the root and crush the whole tree. Wy only politicians, ask babus and corporates to shut there shops and send them behind the bars. No mercy this time onwards please.
By Nilesh Jain, Project Manager, A Leading Media/Telecom Co.  | 11 19 2010 06:09:25 +0000
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YES , its high time Govt. gives importance to transparency. Equal opportunity will only increase quality of competition which is good for the government in a long run.
By Joe Antony, Retail Sales and Marketing, JSW Steel Limited  | 11 19 2010 05:46:05 +0000
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TRAI should canceled their license, so that these operators will get a lesson for ethical business/way.
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 11 19 2010 05:37:47 +0000
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its better to penalise then to go for a re tender those who fail to pay the penalty such licences can be canceled
By anish kumar, O&M Hub Lead (KL & TN Circle), TVS interconnect systems  | 11 28 2010 05:09:35 +0000
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Need to look from the operational perspective. Upfront do not cancel the licences which inturn will affect the end uses, instead whatever that has been lost to the exchequer can be retrived by way of penalty . Identify those ineligible cases, set a timeframe let them comply , on failure do proceed with cancellation and allot the licence to the perfect operator.This inturn follows the principles of natural justice in a democratic country.
By GNANAGURUPARAN , HEAD LEGAL, IFFCO GROUP  | 11 20 2010 04:29:00 +0000
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