New Delhi: The Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on August 8, by a majority judgement of 2:1, dismissed the petition filed by cellular operators challenging government's decision to allow WLL (Wireless in Local Loop) mobile services as part of the basic telecom services licence.

Chairman of TDSAT, Justice D P Wadhwa, was against providing WLL mobile services while the other two members of the TDSAT bench R U S Prasad and P D S Dasgupta agreed to the decision to allow basic service providers to offer WLL mobile services.

The two members, however, pointed out that the starting of the WLL services had created disturbances for cellular operators and thus there was a need to compensate them to offer them a level-playing field.

As per the TDSAT Act, the majority decision prevails.

PTI