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The National Frequency Allocation Plan-2011 (NFAP) has been finally released by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology to ensure its efficient and effective management on September 30, 2011.

�NFAP-2011 is a policy document which contains spectrum allocation for various radio communication services and applications in different frequency bands and it has come into effect from September 01, 2011.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Sibal focused on the importance of radio spectrum and urged that it needs to be managed rationally. While spectrum management has always been important, the complexity of the task has been compounded by the proliferation of both traditional and entirely new radio spectrum frequency-using services in recent years.

The Minister underlined that these scarce resources should be used rationally, optimally, efficiently and economically so that equitable access could be available to a large variety of radio communication network in an interference free radio environment. Therefore planning of frequency bands for various services/applications for their coexistence without constraining the existing assignments is essential. The growing demand for information rich content, faster access speeds and mobility by both commercial and captive users is increasingly being met by broadband wireless application, Shri Sibal added.

NFAP-2011 provides the basis for development, manufacturing and spectrum utilization activities in the country, both for government and private sectors. In addition, it contains International and National frequency allocation table, footnotes to international table of frequency allocations, India remark and channeling plan in different frequency bands.

Some of the features of NFAP-2011 are that is in line with the radio regulations of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), it has enabled provisions in few frequency bands for indigenous development and manufacturing, it has taken due care to ensure protection of existing services and has kept in view the requirement projected by all stakeholders.

Earlier, two weeks back when the Ministry gave its nod to draft the NFAP bill it was not liked by few industrialists, government departments and telecom operators who�had opposed the proposal that some spectrum in the frequency bands of 900, 1,400, 1,800 and 1,900 MHz should be kept aside for companies to provide wireless services using technology and systems developed by indigenous players.

More information about NFAP-2011 can be accessed by reading the document which is available @ www.wpc.dot.gov.in and www.dot.gov.in