The ministry had acquired the vans manufactured by US-based Technology for Communication Control (TCI) under loan assistance from the World Bank about a year ago. The ministry was using the vans to measure frequency and field strength in telecommunication sector. [break]
In the lack of proper monitoring, some FM stations have been penetrating into bandwidths occupied by other stations.
Dipak Kafle, under Secretary at the MoIC, said the ministry had already asked the manufacturing company to provide maintenance equipment. “They have responded to us positively,” Kafle added.
The ministry had acquired the vans at the cost of Rs 80 million.
Kafle also informed that cheap radio sets imported from China through Khasa points are creating problems in managing bandwidths as their calibration for bandwidth marking has been found faulty.
“Because of this, listeners using quality radio sets are not getting correct signals from radio stations,” Kafle told myrepublica.com, said, adding, “We can´t ban those sets because they are widely circulated and are priced very cheaper.”
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