The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has upheld Reliance Communications’ (RCOM) petition against the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), challenging DoT’s decision to impose One-Time Spectrum Charge (OTSC) on its contracted CDMA and GSM spectrum resources. Passing this order, TDSAT held that any telecom operator’s spectrum holdings of up to 5 MHz in the CDMA band and up to 6.2 MHz in the GSM band were exempt from any OTSC levies. TDSAT hence set aside the levy of OTSC on RCOM’s said spectrum
TDSAT also directed the DoT to return Reliance Communications’ Bank Guarantee (BG) of Rs 2,000 crore, as per its earlier order passed on July 03, 2018.
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