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Trial successful in 1900 MHz: AUSPI

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: It’s time for CDMA players to rejoice, with the Association of Unified Service Providers of India (AUSPI) celebrating successful trials in the 1900 MHz.

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In a communication, AUSPI informed that the field trials conducted in Hyderabad last week proved successful. The trial conducted by AUSPI on behalf of the Department of Telecom (DoT) claims that the coexistence of 1900 MHz and 2100 MHz is possible.

“The demonstration has laid to rest the longstanding debate on interference-related issues between the two technologies at the boundary of the 1900 MHz band. The results of the field demo showed that both the bands can co-exist,” the statement said.

The statement said that the successful trial would meet the spectrum crunch in India and will aide the DoT in making the right spectrum allocation decisions. “This translates into huge savings in the spectrum being used by telecom service providers in the country,” the statement said.

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Two officials from the Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC), one from TRAI and from Telecom Engineering Centre had attended the field trials held on October 19.

K Narayanan, ex-program director of the country's INSAT program, under the Department of Space, was also present in the demonstration.

Government experts would submit a report on the demo to the DoT shortly. Narayanan is also likely to submit his separate report.

The GSM lobby Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and AUSPI are at loggerheads over the use of mixed bands. GSM operators have constantly warned that any move to allocate spectrum in the 1900 MHz band to CDMA players would adversely impact their services in the 2100 MHz band. COAI had raised a host of technical issues on the use of mixed band technology which would adversely impact the use of 2100 MHz frequency band GSM users due to interference.

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