The Indian telecom industry has asked the government to re-do technical evaluation of direct-to-mobile (D2M) broadcasting. This raises concerns that the process conducted earlier by Prasar Bharati excluded participation of telcos and device ecosystem players, among stakeholders.
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, has argued that absence of stakeholder participation, particularly telecom operators whose networks and spectrum resources are directly impacted by the technology, confines the scope of evaluation to only interference and device heating.
