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Spectrum access comes to spotlight at mobile summit

Star Business Report
Adequate spectrum access for the Asian mobile operators has become a crucial issue to introduce services besides voice, as the world's 45 percent cellphone customers are in the region, said telecom experts yesterday.
The experts from South Asia also raised voice for proper spectrum management to ensure quality of sendees --voice and mobile internet.
Asia is one of the rapidly growing mobile markets in the world. Even during recession the market witnessed comparatively better growth than other regions.
Mobile operators in Asia grabbed over 45 percent of the world's 380 billion subscribers until September 2009, according to South Asia Mobile Forum.
Voice sendee through mobile technology now has become one of the basic ways for communication among the customers in the region.
However, when the operators are preparing to launch services besides voice, spectrum allocation for them in some countries mismatches their requirements. "It's not possible to introduce mobile broadband unless operators are given access to adequate spectrum," said Kristin Due Hauge, director (spectrum policy) of GSM Association, while speaking at South Asia Mobile Summit-2009 at Radisson Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka yesterday.
South Asia Mobile Forum is organising tire two-day summit that will end today.
Members of the forum include companies from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The forum plays a role in enhancing business and the quality of sendees through discussions and conferences.
Some Asian nations have already introduced mobile broadband through 3G technology, while some others are planning to introduce soon.
Like other countries, Bangladeshi operators also face problems with access to adequate spectrum. However the country's telecom regulator has already initiated move to work out the problem,
"We are working on spectrum reor-
ganising," said Zia Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
In Bangladesh broadband service is set to come out soon through WiMax. Mobile internet is already in the market serving 0.6 million customers.
But the operators are now reluctant to go for 3G services until having proper spectrum access.
Hasanul Haq Inu, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on telecom ministry, called upon the operators to come forward to reach internet services to the mass.
"I believe Bangladesh has tremendous opportunity in mobile broadband service," said Chung Min, senior solution consultant of Huawei, a leading mobile technology vendor.
He said internet technology should be introduced in a way so there will be no disruptions.
"As affordability is crucial for mobile broadband, we are planning to introduce green technology in Bangladesh," Min said.
Chairman of the forum Mehboob Chowdhury emphasised quality of services of the operators.