Tata Teleservices (Tata Docomo CDMA and GSM) has protested strongly against ASSOCHAM’s letter seeking cancellation of its dual-technology (GSM and CDMA) status.
In a letter to the industry body, Tata Teleservices has termed ASSOCHAM’s two letters last week to the Prime Minister and the Communications Minister as ones that “serve the interests of a handful of powerful members within the industry body”.
The TTL letter further points out that industry bodies such as ASSOCHAM should not write letters without confirming facts, or on matters which are sub judice. Further, it is shocking that ASSOCHAM has written a letter seeking to harm the interests of one of its own Member companies, TTL said.
Tata Teleservices has also expressed pain that ASSOCHAM, in its letters last week, sought to give the impression that TTL and one more prominent member of AUSPI were opposed to the re-farming of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands, when, in fact, both these companies strongly support it.
“At the same time, for reasons best known to it, ASSOCHAM is keeping quiet on key telecom issues like excess spectrum and its retrospective charging, and is giving wrong and misleading information on spectrum re-farming to the Government,” TTL wrote in the letter.
The letter points out that TTL’s dual-technology status has been upheld by the Hon’ble TDSAT and that a subsequent appeal is pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court for the last three years without any stay order being issued. Also, both the CAG Report of November 2010 and the CBI Chargesheet of April 2011 vividly bring out how Tata Teleservices has been victimized on the issue of allocation of spectrum. Further, the Hon’ble TDSAT has reaffirmed that TTL, which was an existing licensee, should have got its GSM spectrum on 10 January 2008 itself—ahead of the new licensees of 2008, TTL said. Tata Teleservices Limited has not received spectrum in Delhi and 39 other commercially crucial districts in 9 telecom Circles, even after over four years of making the full payment.
Tata Teleservices has demanded that ASSOCHAM investigate how these two letters were written in violation of norms and immediately withdraw them.
rajiev May 26, 2012 at 8:15 pm
and vodafone phone Rs.500 only@R R Kumar
R R Kumar May 26, 2012 at 6:24 pm
reliance cdma handsets start from rs 800
hardeep May 26, 2012 at 2:33 pm
reframing to CDMA mein bhi honi hai na?! can sanay ji plz clarify…..
pam May 26, 2012 at 2:27 pm
do u know ,how much Vodafone offering on Rs 4 daily GPRS pack now a days,!!!! JUst 10 MB while docomo offers 50MB for Rs5.
Are bhaiya, docomo band kar diya to loot lenge baki teen, Indians ko.
Asit Paul May 26, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Although CDMA is cheaper than GSM, but handsets are costly and you really dont have lots of choice.
WiMAX May 26, 2012 at 1:11 pm
In logo ne hade kar di. Vai tata docomo ko to choro. Atleast ea ek operator to bacha hai jo sasta call rate de raha hai. Uninor ko dekhke nahi lagta ki o or chal payega. In cartel ne uninor ko pura duba dala or ab bari hai tata ki. Pls TRAI not cancel atleast dual technology licence. It is really pathetic for TATA and RELIANCE
Lohit May 26, 2012 at 11:54 am
reliance GSM and docomo GSM are present in 1800Mhz spectrum in most of their circles, it wont harm them much if spectrum reframing is done
Dj wana May 26, 2012 at 11:01 am
Rim cdma is best
Upesh May 26, 2012 at 10:10 am
If poor people(also medium class like me) want to own mobile then i really recommend TATA CDMA for Best coverage also outside city limit up to 3 to 7 kilometers, does not deducted any single penny in my 3 years of usage, voice is good, most of poor people brought airtel voda idea sim and then got looted by operators by activating the vas unknowingly, base on personal experience.
Saurabh May 26, 2012 at 6:36 am
COAI and it’s member companies have always tried hard for cancellation of Tata and Reliance Comm. dual technology licenses but what I feel is they will never get succeed in it. AVI i.e Airtel-Vodafone-Idea cartel is responsible for this. This cartel wants their monopoly in sector and wants everything to go by their desire and they can go to any level to make it happen. This cartel praised SC when they cancelled licenses of new entrants as it was beneficial for them but when TRAI set base price much higher, they are making hue cry. COAI is not GSM operator’s body but a A-V-I body. The worst part is our Govt and Telecom Department is also working in hands of these three shameless operators. Govt should go by TRAI’s recommendations and teach these three a lesson. They made a lot ne money through unfair business now Govt Treasuries are waiting for it.
Tata has always been transparent and have obeyed laws and went for licenses as per rules. If they lose dual-technology operator tag, I think BSNL will also have to stop either of the services.