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Budget 2008-09 is, perhaps, yet another index that holiday of fresh spectrum by the defense mechanism forces, which can be re-allocated to mobile telephone service providers, is still some clip away.

Although the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) would necessitate over Rs 4,400 crore to put up an every other eye fiber communicating web for the defense mechanism forces, the Budget have provided a support of lone Rs 170 crore. Even if one takes into business relationship the around Rs 100 crore already spent on the ocular fiber network, the budgetary support is a far cry, compared with the sum undertaking cost (Rs 4,400 crore).

Out of a sum program spending of Rs 21,434 crore for DoT, Rs 375 crore have been provided as budgetary support and Rs 21,059 crore as internal and other budgetary resources of PSUs/autonomous bodies. Of the Rs 375 crore, the eye fiber web for defense mechanism military units will take up Rs 170 crore.

Unless the web is readied by the DoT, defense mechanism military units will not resign spectrum. The holiday of spectrum really flexible joints on how soon the point can ready the web for the defense mechanism forces, a beginning in the authorities said.

Spectrum is considered a scarce resource, which is indispensable for running radio telephone services. It is believed that the full procedure of holiday of 60 mega Hertz of spectrum (2G and 3G) could take up to two years.

The DoT, it is learnt, have been 'studying' the MoU bill of exchange for setting up the eye fiber web for respective calendar months now, and is yet to ink a treaty with the defense mechanism ministry.

The MoU between the defense mechanism ministry and point would bespeak a timeframe and statuses for releasing around 60 Megahertz of spectrum in stages.

While point projections propose an every other eye fiber network, as per defense mechanism force's revised security needs, it would take anything from 3-4 old age to build, the defense mechanism ministry believes that the full work can be completed within two old age and maybe quicker.

The terms tag for putting up a unafraid eye fiber web is around Rs 4,441 crore, up the Rs 980 crore estimate.

Earlier this month, point secretary Siddharth Behura said at a telecom acme in Barcelona that defense mechanism military units will begin vacating some of its fresh spectrum as early as June.

But defense mechanism ministry beginnings reiterated that no spectrum will be vacated unless an every other web is put up for all three —army, naval forces and air force.

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