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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Bhaskar Hazarika and R Jai Krishna
NEW DELHI: With the Indian telecom industry urging for the 3G policy, the CDMA Development Group (CDA) says that the operators are currently offering 3G services in India.
Talking to CyberMedia News on the sidelines of the ‘CDMA India 2007’, James S. Person, chief operating officer, CDA said that the Indian telecos are already 3G enabled.
“3G is already in India for a while. CDMA 2000 and 1X Rev-A technology support 3G services. However spectrum allocation is the key,” Person said.
According to International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the EDGE services being offered by the mobile operators are 3G services, he pointed out.
Speaking about the CDMA market in India, he said that the market is witnessing a positive growth in the last couple of years. He said that India grew at 60 per cent in the last one year.
“With the new minister (for communications and IT) taking charge, we are hopeful that the policy on 3G will be announced soon. We are optimistic for a new resolution on the policy and allocation of spectrum,” Person said.
CDA, however, urged that the spectrum policy should be technology neutral. “Both GSM and CDMA operators should be allocated equal spectrum without any technological preferences. If we go by the studies, CDMA is the best for rural connectivity,” B.V. Raman, country head- India, CDA said.
The group urged that the government should come up with the 3G policy and spectrum allocation for operators which will fuel the expansion of network to interior areas.
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