NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI will bring out a policy on mobile towers covering aspects like design, structure and erection by the
March-end.
A senior TRAI official said that erection of mobile towers has become a big issue after towers in residential areas have resulted in standoffs between telcos and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and TRAI would also consult MCD before before bringing out the policy by March 31, 2010.
The official said TRAI would take into consideration future projections of telecom tower requirements and identification of tower location, which would be the major focus of the policy.
Tower design specification and camouflaging, tower sharing among service providers, ensuring safe radiation from mobile towers, encouraging alternate source of energy for telecom tower to reduce pollution, Right of Way (ROW) for tower installation and laying of backhaul network are the crux areas of the policy.
Methods to reduce number of telecom towers while providing better coverage for wireless services are also part of the policy.
The regulator is also mulling to bring the tower business of telecom companies under the ambit of regulations so that the Department of Telecom can consider a separate policy for the segment at a later stage.
At present, there is no separate law governing the towers either on technical or on financial aspects even though almost all the operators have now standalone tower businesses.
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