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The Radio Paging Service Providers (RPSP) shall be permitted to
provide paging services within their service area of operation.
Direct interconnectivity between licenced RPSPs and any other type
of service provider in their area of operation including sharing of
infrastructure shall be permitted. Interconnectivity between service
providers in different service areas shall be reviewed in
consultation with TRAI and the same would be announced by August 15,
1999 as a part of the structure for opening up of national long
distance.
The RPSP shall be granted separate licence, on a non-exclusive
basis, for each service area of operation. Licences would be awarded
for an initial period of twenty years and will be extended by
additional periods of ten years thereafter. For this purpose, the
service areas would be categorized as per the existing structure.
The RPSP shall be eligible to obtain licences for any number of
service areas.
Availability of adequate radio frequency spectrum is essential not
only for providing optimal bandwidth to every operator but also for
entry of additional operators. It is proposed to review the spectrum
utilisation from time to time keeping in view the emerging scenario
of spectrum availability, optimal use of spectrum, requirements of
market, competition and other interest of public. The entry of more
operators in a service area shall be based on the recommendation of
the TRAI who would review this as required and no later than every
two years..
The radio paging licencees shall pay a one time entry fee. The basis
for determining the entry fee and the basis for selection of
additional operators will be recommended by the TRAI. All radio
paging licencees shall pay licence fee as a revenue share. It is
proposed that the appropriate level of entry fee and percentage of
revenue share for different service areas of operation will be
recommended by TRAI in a time-bound manner, keeping in view the
objectives of the New Telecom Policy. Further, TRAI may also examine
and recommend the revenue sharing arrangements between RPSP and
other access providers, subject to technical feasibility.
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