India
Apr 17, 2012
CASBAA Urges India to Abandon Retroactive Satellite Tax Plan
A host of international business associations from a wide range of India’s major trading partner and investment partner countries have urged the Indian government to abandon to impose sweeping retroactive taxation affecting a large number of industries. CASBAA has taken up advocacy on behalf of the international satellite industry. Both satellite operators and their Indian customers and consumers would suffer from the planned imposition of new tax rules. In its letter to the Indian Finance Ministry, CASBAA noted – as far as the satellite industry is concerned – retroactivity could not be justified on the basis that the government was merely “clarifying” existing tax law. Said CASBAA: “certain concepts that are fundamental to satellite services (i.e. satellite, up-linking, amplification, conversion for down-linking of any signal)…were not prevalent in India in 1976 and thus, it is inconceivable to think that a concept that did not exist in 1976 was intended to have been present in the legislation.”
For CASBAA Members Only: A short “Background Briefing”, Copies of the letters to the Finance Minister by CASBAA, and by the international business associations, can be found on this page.
Links:
http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k12/apr/apr113.php
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/04/10/new-sat-tax-could-cripple-indian-broadcasting/
http://www.spacenews.com/policy/120405-sat-operators-protest-indian-tax.html
Sep 12, 2011
CASBAA, “Deeply Concerned,” Urges India Not to Touch C-band
India’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRAI) is considering how best to favor development of IMT-Advanced wireless broadband services. In an August 19 Consultation Paper, TRAI proposed a number of frequency bands for public comment. CASBAA urged the Indian government not to further consider using C-band for this purpose. Widely used by Indian broadcasters and cable companies, the C-band is “not suitable for use by…broadband wireless systems…since such use may jeopardize essential C-band communication services across India, and in neighbouring countries as well.” Read the CASBAA submission here.
April 21, 2010
CASBAA's second submission to TRAI on channel cap
CASBAA advised the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that no cap on the number of TV channels in India is necessary or advisable. Satellite spectrum is not a realistic constraint, with room in the C-band for more than 10,000 standard TV channels on satellites already visible from India. India’s government should set clear, transparent qualification standards for companies wishing to launch TV channels, but then let the market decide how many succeed.
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Aug 27, 2008
Channels "blocked" by Wimax Interference
Gulf Daily News - BAHRAIN'S Indian community is up-in-arms over satellite channels from home allegedly being blocked by Internet signals, broadcast on the same frequency.
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May 2, 2008
CASBAA's Submission on Allocation and Pricing of Spectrum to TRAI
CASBAA submits to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India "Consultation Paper on Allocation and Pricing for 2.3-2.4 GHz, 2.5-2.69 GHz & 3.3-3.6 GHz bands" dated 2 May 2008.
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Dec 17, 2007
India's telecom regulator wants spectrum auction
advanced-television.com - India's telecoms regulator has recommended that spectrum required for mobile television services be auctioned.
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Sep 26, 2007
DTH transponder crunch: Industry calls for constellation of satellites
indiantelevision.com - The seminars at the ongoing International Astronautical Congress discuss issues of satellites offering different services and dedicated satellites for DTH, HDTV, mobile TV, standard TV, games, and video on demand (VoD).
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Aug 4, 2007
Wimax frequency allocation in limbo as space dept stays put
livemint.com - A spectrum plan review leads to a tug of war among users; DoS fears interference from Wimax signals.Source: Courtesy Mint Copyright HT Media Ltd. All rights reserved and not for reproduction. August 2007
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Mar 19, 2007
Meeting the satellite capacity challenge
Andrew Jordan of Loft Communications presents an update on communications in New Delhi, India.
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Mar 5, 2007
India Becomes Latest Front in Global Fight for C-Band Access
Space News - Peter Jackson, CEO of AsiaSat, and Philip Spector, General of Intelsat, expressed their view on how satellite reception with C-band will be interfered with allocation of access to portion of C-band spectrum to broadband wireless firms. (pages 1 and 4 of attachment)
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