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India proposes mobile TV regulation
Territories covered
Asia-Pacific
India,
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Published:
10-Jan-08
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has given its recommendations to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for the regulation of mobile TV services. The TRAI has been looking at three main aspects of mobile TV regulation. - Technology. The regulator differentiates mobile TV services by type of delivery platform (ie, broadcast and unicast). Current CMTS and UASL licences for mobile services cover the delivery of mobile video content over mobile operators' unicast networks. Regarding broadcast networks, the TRAI proposes to issue two type of licence: one for terrestrial and one for satellite. Whilst the satellite licences will be nationwide, the terrestrial licences will be awarded on a per-state basis, except for smaller states which may be combined to give commercial viability. The TRAI intends to remain technology neutral and insist only on the technology being digital and recognised by an international standardisation body such as ITU, ETSI and TIA. However, the regulator also insists that mobile TV devices must work on all platforms using a similar technology standard.
- Spectrum. Both licence types will include a minimum of 8 MHz bandwidth capable of support around 15-30 TV channels depending on the technology. Although the spectrum to be allocated has not yet been identified, TRAI mentioned that the spectrum will be taken from UHF BandV (ie, 585 MHz -806 MHz) for terrestrial licences and the S-Band (2 GHz-3 GHz) for satellite services. Service providers also operating the mobile broadcast platform would have to share the infrastructure with other potential service providers.
- Licensing. Licences will be awarded following a bidding process where stakeholders may bid on both terrestrial and satellite licences but are allowed to own only one type of licence. Satellite licensees must roll out services within one year after the licence is obtained. Terrestrial licensees have one year to roll-out services in at least one city of more than 1m habitants or the largest city within the licensed area. Four years after the licence acquirement, terrestrial licensees must have covered all cities with a population larger than 1m. Both licences are valid for a period of 10 years, assuming the roll-out requirements are met. The licence fee will be the higher of six per cent of gross revenues for each year or five per cent of the highest bid for this licence. The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit will be set to 74 per cent. Finally, licensees are not allowed to own or hold more than 20 per cent of a broadcasting company or group and vice versa.
Mobile TV stake holders had until 10 January 2008 to comment on the recommendations.
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