The Supreme Court has set aside TDSAT’s order directing DoT to withdraw the allocation of additional spectrum to BSNL and MTNL.

The Supreme Court has set aside TDSAT’s order directing DoT to withdraw the allocation of additional spectrum to BSNL and MTNL.

In April 2009, TDSAT had stated that the government could not use a different yardstick to allocate spectrum to state-owned operators, and hence directed DoT to withdraw additional spectrum from the telecom firms.