Tata Teleservices has filed two petitions before the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) last week for allocation of additional spectrum. The pleas are scheduled to come for hearing on Monday before a TDSAT bench headed by its Chairman Justice S B Sinha.
According to sources, Tata Teleservices has requested the tribunal to direct to Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to first allot the additional spectrum of 1.8 Mhz before the proposed auction.
A service provider is authorised to get additional spectrum on achieving subscriber-linked milestones as mentioned under its existing telecom licence agreement.
On June 11, Reliance Communications (RCom) had approached the sectoral tribunal seeking similar relief for GSM and CDMA spectrum.
It had requested TDSAT to direct DoT to allocate or earmark the company 1.8 Mhz spectrum for GSM service and balance of CDMA spectrum as per its agreement with DoT before the auction. The TDSAT had issued notice to the DoT asking it to file its reply within four weeks.
RCom in its petition said that as per its agreement with Union of India, telecom licence holder is authorised to get 4.4 Mhz spectrum to start its service and additional 1.8 Mhz after achieving specified subscriber numbers as stipulated in subscriber-linked criteria.
The company said that it has achieved subscriber-linked criteria and hence is entitled to get additional spectrum of 1.8 Mhz.
RCom petition had said government is now contemplating to allot balance contractual GSM and CDMA spectrum on payment of an additional price. This is contrary to the terms of the Licence Agreement and also against RCom's vested right to receive the balance of the contracted spectrum, its petition said.
RCom had alleged that DoT acted in a discriminatory manner and allocated spectrum to many operators free of cost even beyond the limit mentioned in the contract.
It had also said that many operators have been allocated spectrum in low frequency band compared to RCom which helped them save capital expenditure of over Rs 20,000 crore for providing telecom services.
These are the best renders yet of the iPhone 5 - Crave
Apple didn't let anything slip about the iPhone 5 at WWDC, so leave it to the Internet. These are the finest iPhone 5 renders so far, knocked up by Martin Hajek on Flickr.
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Hajek punted out his renders of the black iPhone 5 last week, based on the backplate we spied recently. He's not the first to put together a render based on what we've been hearing rumour-wise, but these are the prettiest yet.
The iPhone as imagined by Hajek features the striped aluminium back, as well as the larger 16:9 screen that's expected to make an appearance on the next gen Jesus phone. The screen on the next iPhone is expected to be 4-inches tall but no wider than the existing 3.5-incher, and with an aspect ratio ideal for movies.
The next iPhone is expected to launch around October time, which is the same time as Windows 8. As well as the bigger screen, it'll come touting the next generation of its software, iOS 6. New additions include Apple's own mapping software (replacing Google Maps), as well as turn-by-turn navigation, meaning the phone doubles as a sat-nav.
A much-improved Siri will also be on board, thankfully capable of telling us about local businesses like pubs, restaurants and taxi services. Previously it could only do this in America.
The iPhone 5 may well have the same A5X chip as in the new iPad too, boosting performance and making it even more of a gaming heavyweight than the iPhone 4S. We could have 4G by the end of the year, so the iPhone 5 could well be 4G-equipped for super-fast surfing and downloads.
What do you think of these renders? And what are you hoping for from the next iPhone? Let me know in the comments, or on our Facebook page.
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