Zamtel Mobile aims for 700 base stations by end-2012

India’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) is to review the progress made in the construction of a dedicated fibre-optic network and the waiver of spectrum charges for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) amid continued issues between the MoD and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). According to India’s Economic Times, the MoF has called a meeting with the two other ministries with a view to resolving any issues holding up the vacation of spectrum by the MoD.* *As noted in TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, in June 2009 the MoD and DoT inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the former agreed to vacate spectrum needed for 2G and 3G licensees over a three-year period; the armed forces agreed to initially release 10MHz of spectrum suitable for 3G services, and a further 5MHz for 2G service with immediate effect, with the remainder of its held spectrum released in a phased manner upon completion of the aforementioned fibre-optic infrastructure, with work to be undertaken by state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) [More]

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