Bharti Airtel, Vodafone tell TRAI that 3G roaming deals are legal

In response to the letter of the TRAI seeking information from the mobile operators regarding 3G agreements, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel have told that 3G roaming agreements between players were legal and approved by the Department of Telecom before the spectrum auctions were held. 

Vodafone in a letter to TRAI said, “For avoidance of any possible doubt, in February 2010, when the Government was finalising the modalities and framework for auction of 3G spectrum and its subsequent use, the industry had specifically asked the DoT whether intra-circle roaming for offering of services to customers would also be applicable for 3G in case some operators are not able to acquire spectrum in all circles.” 

“In response to this query DoT had clearly stated – the roaming policy is applicable to the licences and not to specific spectrum bands. Hence roaming will be permitted,” the letter added.

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