Here is the edited transcript of the interview on CNBC-TV18.
Q: Your first reaction to partial refarming? We understand that you had been advocating for full refarming so what are your thoughts at this point because sources are telling us that EGoM has opted for partial refarming?
A: The TRAI, the department of telecom (DoT) and the telecom commission all had the view that all of 900 MHz needs to be refarmed. We do not understand the change that took place in one week in the environment or in the drivers of this decision. You can only premise that the government has given in to the lobby of the older operators who hold large chunks of 900 Mhz spectrum.
According to us it's a very unfair decision given that newer allottees like our members do not have any spectrum at all in the 900 Mhz band. Therefore, we think it should have been fair that on the expiry of the license the older operators should have been placed at par with the new operators i.e. all the 900 Mhz spectrum should have been refarmed, put up for auction in which all old and new operators could bid, thereby creating a level plain field. By this action the government will extend the inequity.
Q: Is this a bit of a setback for new players because new players wanted to participate in the more efficient 900 Mhz auction as well?
A: The unfairness between the equality has been perpetuated by the government by doing this because the older players have been guaranteed that they will have 2.5 Mhz spectrum, whereas the new players would have to go and bid for auctions whenever the auctions happens. This is itself a major inequality.
Q: There have been concerns from the incumbent that how much expenditure they would have to incur if full spectrum had to be refarmed. There were infrastructure costs, logistics costs and heavy payment auction that in turn could lead to increase in tariffs. Do you think that the monopoly could get tempered to certain extent because so far the EGoM has decided on partial refarming?
A: The matter of the fact is that these very operators have enjoyed using this spectrum for the last 18 years. The new operators who are their competitor never had this spectrum at all. Already there is an inequality. Old operators have economically benefited for the last 18 years. What about the poor new operators who will be impacted from day one and still has to compete with them in the market place.
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