3 G -some changes in licensing.

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) finally started producin gresult to the 67000 crore revenue they got through selling 3g Spectrum , On wednesday The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) started allocating 3G spectrum to telecom operators, giving relief to all the seven companies that emerged successful in the intense bidding process that took place in May this year.
Some changes in Licensing .

> Operators were authorised to use the spectrum for 20 years from September 1, 2010, even if their telecom licences expired before that period.
> Each licensee will also have to pay the annual licence fee as share of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) from the services using 3G spectrum.
> In the case of two companies merging, only one slot of spectrum can be retained, according to the amended rules.
> The operators will also have to pay the upward revised spectrum usage charges ranging between 3 per cent and 8 per cent depending on the quantum of spectrum held by them.