Trai seeks views on SUC on shared bands

New Delhi: The telecom regulator has sought public consultation on whether the incremental spectrum usage charge (SUC), in case of spectrum sharing, must be applicable only on shared bands.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, on Wednesday, released a paper titled “Methodology of applying SUC under the weighted average method of SUC assessment, in cases of Spectrum Sharing” to arrive at a method for calculating fee on shared spectrum.

An additional 0.5% of revenue is levied on access service providers as SUC when the two share a spectrum band.

However, the telecom department has received requests that the additional fee must be charged only on the shared band and not on the entire spectrum band held by licensees.