[cr-india] TRAI Open House in Delhi - first impressions

[Dr R Sreedher ,Director AVRC,Chennai]

The culprit today is the Department of Telecommunications and WPC. They 
are the one who are not releasing the frequency or delay SACFA 
indefinitely to the users. May be the commercial operators are working 
behind. sreedher

> I endorse the substance of Arun's recommendations, but suggest a 
> couple of minor additions )interleaved below):
> 
> At 12:41 PM +0530 10/22/04, Arun Mehta wrote:
> >My $0.02 -- figures I could live with -- so that we can quickly send 
> >a response to TRAI..
> >  > 5.     Antenna height
> >As allowed by local building laws
> 
> SACFA to be directed to release a list of forbidden 
> areas/frequencies, so that applicants may self-determine the 
> combination of 5 (antenna height) and 6 (reach) accordingly, without 
> causing nuisance to any existing user. In case the user (who need not 
> be named) is not actually using equipment currently to broadcast in 
> the designated band (87.5-108 MHz) such areas should be de-notified 
> upon receipt of information. TRAI may appoint an independent body to 
> monitor such usage of the broadcast bandwidth.
> 
> >  > 6.     Permissible coverage area of CR station
> >To be determined by the applicant
> >>  7.     Quantum of advertisements per hour of programming
> >10 minutes
> 
> Maximum.
> 
> >  > 8.     Permissible limit of advertisement revenue per CR station
> >Not more than 25% of total revenue
> >>  9.     Number of licenses per CR licensee
> >One per coverage area, more subject to availability of spectrum
> 
> Spectrum availability to be publicised, against a review of the 
> technical specifications for FM broadcasting prevalent in major 
> wireless using countries.
> 
> >  > 10.     Frequencies to be allotted for CR / Maximum number of CR
> >  > stations per location
> >3
> 
> Clarification: this should be the reserved frequencies; if there are 
> more applicants in a given region this number may be expanded, 
> subject to availability of spectrum.
> 
> As far as the TRAI advisor's (who commented about an 'international 
> norm' of 800 KHz separation between stations as justification of the 
> extraordinary low number of allocations for Mumbai and Delhi  - 11 
> each), here is a comment from Ken Donow of the IBB (the second 
> paragraph gives the credentials of the IBB, which were also doubted 
> by the Advisor, when called specifically by the TRAI member for 
> clarification. His explanation was "Well, some of those stations 
> operate only in the underground, so that the subways can get radio 
> reception"):
> 
> At 12:20 PM -0400 10/3/02, Kenneth Donow wrote:
> >Bamako, Mali -- a large city in the context of Mali, but one of only
> >moderate size if placed against Indian counterparts -- supports 35 
radio
> >stations, most of which are FM.  New York City -- the largest media
> >market in the US, but smaller than New Delhi and Mumbai -- supports 
72
> >radio stations.....
> >
> >The International Broadcasting Bureau is the management organization
> >that operates most of US International Broadcasting.  That would 
include
> >the Voice of America, Radio and TV Marti, Radio Sawa
> 
> 
> -- 
> Vickram
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Dr.R. Sreedher
Director, Audio visual research centre, Anna university
Chennai 600025 India Telephone: +91 +44 22 30 01 05 
Residence: l 40 Staff Quarters, Anna university, Chennai 600 025 
Phone: 94 44 24402108