Special Correspondent, thehindu.com, 3 May 2015
The Madras High Court Bench here has directed Telecom Regularity Authority of India (TRAI) to examine the feasibility of dispensing with the need to erect cell phone towers by replacing them with underground cables or other alternative technologies adopted by foreign countries.
The First Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice S. Manikumar passed the order on a writ petition filed by Reliance Jio Infocomm and directed the High Court Registry to forward a copy of their order to TRAI since the latter was not a party to the case before the Bench.
“It is given to understand that different technologies are now available in some countries whereby the necessity of erecting towers can be dispensed with either by taking the cables underground or otherwise… We thus request TRAI to look into this aspect and the possibility of implementing the same in India,” the Bench said.
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