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New Delhi, Oct. 4 Even as private cellular operators are clamouring for more radio frequency, the Government has allocated additional GSM spectrum to State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd in 16 States across the country.

The allocation will take the total bandwidth available with BSNL to 10 Mhz.

Among the private operators, only a few such as Airtel and Vodafone have a 10-Mhz spectrum, and that too only in high-density areas such as Delhi and Mumbai.

The spectrum was given to BSNL on a trial basis by the Department of Telecom in May. However, in an order sent out late last month, BSNL has asked all its regional units to deploy the radio frequency for commercial use immediately.

The move is likely to peeve existing private GSM players who have been demanding additional spectrum for more than a year.

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