DoT holds back extra spectrum to Airtel, to seek legal view

The Government has held back allocating additional spectrum to Bharti Airtel in Orissa, in view of the telecom tribunal's recent judgment that GSM operators have no vested right to get airwaves beyond 6.2 MHz, according to ET report.

After the verification, the Department of Telecom (DoT) said that "Bharti met the eligibility criteria and hence (is) eligible for 7.2 MHz GSM spectrum in the entire service area (Orissa)". Bharti had demanded additional spectrum based on the criteria announced by the DoT in January last year.