No dispute over vacation of defence spectrum: minister
October 20th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The government Monday said there were no differences between the defence and the communications and IT ministries over the issue of vacation of spectrum.Minister of State for Communications and IT Jyotiraditya Scindia told Lok Sabha that the work of laying optical fibre cable (OFC) network for the Indian Air Force (IAF) was in progress.
Providing OFC network will fulfil the communication requirement of the defence sector, Scindia said.
The details for allocation of defence sector spectrum to private telecom operators will be worked out only after getting the spectrum vacated, he said.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) expects defence ministry to release at least 25-30 megahertz (MHz) of spectrum for the third generation (3G) services. It had earlier demanded the ministry release 45 MHz.
The defence ministry wants an alternative network for its three armed forces to release 45 MHz of spectrum for 2G and 3G services.
- Information ministry to vacate 700 MHz spectrum: Sibal - Mar 05, 2012
- Additional $1.3 billion for defence communication network - May 09, 2012
- Defence ministry agrees to vacate spectrum - Jul 03, 2009
- Telecom honchos to meet Sibal - May 02, 2012
- Antony dedicates Air Force Network to the nation - Sep 14, 2010
- TRAI's reserve price extremely high: CII - May 06, 2012
- Telecom panel to meet again on mergers, license norms - Nov 28, 2011
- Operators want total spectrum available to be auctioned - Mar 22, 2012
- Discussions on for round 2 of bandwidth auction - Sep 30, 2011
- Vacation of defence spectrum for civilian use unlikely (Lead) - Sep 24, 2008
- TRAI sets high base price for 2G auction, operators cry foul (Lead) - Apr 23, 2012
- C-DOT transfers optical fibre technology to firms - Dec 05, 2011
- Telecom watchdog suggests six-fold hike in spectrum fee - Feb 09, 2011
- Telecom shares plunge on 2G spectrum price hike move - Apr 24, 2012
- PM welcomes progress on 3G auctions - Dec 04, 2009
Tags: alternative network, cable ofc, communication requirement, defence ministry, defence sector, indian air force, Lok Sabha, ministry release, optical fibre cable, private telecom operators