TRAI encourages infrastructure sharing among operators

New Delhi, Nov 29 (UNI) Alarmed at the deteriorating skyline in the urban areas by the nearly 90,000 telecom towers in the country, the Telecom Regulator (TRAI) today said high priority should be given to sharing of infrastructure mainly the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) that would reduce roll cost.

''The mandated and regulatory route, voluntary adoption and financially induced framework are the promoting infrastructure,'' TRAI said.

The exponential growth of mobile susbcribers and limited availability of spectrum forces mobile operators to set up more and more cell sites. This requires huge investments and further deteriorates skylines in urban areas.

Clusters of towers in close vicinity in urban areas are getting very common, TRAI pointed out.

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