Update DTH licences can be renewed for 10 years at a time: TRAI

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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended renewal of DTH licence by 10 years to 20 years and has proposed one-time entry fee of Rs 10 crore for new DTH licenses. It has said that the cross-holding policy for DTH players will be restructured with an aim that one broadcaster will control Only one DTH or cable company.

There is also an expectation that TRAI allow sharing of all kind of airwaves held by telecom operators for mobile services, including spectrum allocated at old price of Rs 1,658 crore

At present, telecom operators are allowed to share passive infrastructure like mobile towers but not active infrastructure like spectrum. Government had earlier in-principle approved sharing of only those spectrum under new licencing regime which have been purchased through spectrum auction to increase interest of bidders and enhance revenue generation in the auction.

It in-principle approved sharing of spectrum allocated without auction on condition that companies holding such airwaves will have to pay one-time spectrum charge which cumulatively amounted to about Rs 30,000 crore for both GSM and CDMA spectrum as estimated by DoT last year.


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On the tenure of DTH licence, Trai suggested that it to be increased from 10 years to 20 years, renewable by 10 years at a time.

To bring parity with telecom operators in terms of licence fee with the DTH operators, Trai also recommended a reduction in existing licence fee from 10 percent of gross revenue (GR) to 8 percent of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR).

The sectoral regulator also recommended a one-time entry fee of Rs. 10 crore for the DTH industry.

Moreover, Trai has also suggested giving liberty to the existing DTH operators to "migrate to the new regime at any time during their currency of their existing licenses".

The DTH operators are paying 10 percent of their GR, while the telecom operators pay only 8 percent of their AGR.
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