02-06-2010, 08:37 AM
Quote:Telecom regulator Trai plans to put in place a national policy by June on setting up telecom towers, as it looks to stop the mushrooming of cellsites in residential areas that has resulted in standoffs between telcos and city administrations.
The policy will apply to cellsites or telecom towers in all cities that have a population of over one million and stipulate the distance to maintain from schools, hospitals and tourist attractions. It will also specify the maximum radiation levels for these masts and state methodologies that will be used to measure it, said a Trai official with direct knowledge of the developments. This assumes importance in the wake of a move by local authorities of Noida, a booming satellite town of New Delhi, over the last couple of days that left hundreds of thousands of mobile users suffering cutoff calls and no reception. This marks the first attempt in India to regulate the telecoms towers space in the country.
Mobile towers on residential areas
