Government of India

Ministry of Communications

Department of Telecommunications

WPC Wing

No. L--14041/0 6/2000 – NTG dated 01.02.2002

ORDER

Subject: -- Allocation of additional Cellular Radio Frequency Spectrum to the Cellular

Mobile Telephone Service (CMTS) Providers.

In order to meet the requirements of growth of subscribers, it has been decided to assign the additional spectrum upto 1.8 Mhz + 1.8 Mhz to the CMTS operators. Any operator may apply for allotment of additional spectrum after reaching a customer base of 4 lakh or more under a license in a service area, after which the process of allotment would be initiated; however, actual assignment of the spectrum would be made, subject to availability and coordination on case to case basis, after the customer base of 5 lakh or more has been reached in the service area. This additional assignment will be beyond already allocated spectrum of 6.2Mhz + 6.2 Mhz. The additional spectrum of 1.8 Mhz + 1.8 Mhz would be assigned in 1800 Mhz Band.

1. The cellular licensees are to pay spectrum charges with effect from 1.8.99 on revenue share basis at the rate of 2% of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) for spectrum upto 4.4 Mhz + 4.4 Mhz and 3% of AGR for spectrum up to 6.2 Mhz + 6.2 Mhz.

2. Further, for this additional spectrum of 1.8 Mhz + 1.8 Mhz, if assigned for any one or more places in the Service Area, beyond 6.2 Mhz + 6.2 Mhz, an additional charge of 1% of AGR will be levied. Thus, the total spectrum charges to be paid by such operators would be 4% of AGR from the Service in the respective Service Area. This Spectrum charge of 4% of AGR would also cover allocation of further spectrum, which may become possible to allocate in future subject to availability, to add up to a total spectrum allocation not exceeding 10 Mhz + 10 Mhz per operator in a Service Area. Such additional allocation would be considered only after a suitable subscriber base, as may be prescribed is reached.

3. This order is issued in partial modification to the order of even number dated 22nd September, 2001; other terms and conditions of the said order shall remain unchanged.

-S/d-

(RK Srivastava)

Engineer

Copy to:

1. All concerned

2. Cellular Operators Associations of India (COAI)

3. Cellular Service Providers