Joint Forum has been demanding that BSNL/MTNL should be exempted from one time payment for the excess spectrum that is allotted and is having with them.
Now the private telcos have also started asking that they should not be compelled to pay the one-time charges. Some of them has gone to the court and have got a stay against the DOTs orders in this respect.
Our point is that the spectrum with BSNL/MTNL means the spectrum is with government. It need not be paid By BSNL and MTNL. But in the case of private compaies, they are doing business for profit. Hence they should be charged for the extra spectrum.