TV white spectrum in India

TV band is a precious band from coverage point. A large portion of 1 GHz sub band has been allocated for TV broadcasting. It has been found that large chunk of TV band is unutilized at a given location and time. It is wastage of precious natural resource. The idea of exploitation of idle TV spectrum at any location emerges after introduction of cognitive radio technology and dynamic spectrum access. Most of countries has developed regulatory framework for unlicensed application in TV white space. The TV band has not yet been opened in India for unlicensed usage. This paper gives an idea about present scenario of allocation of TV spectrum in India and its utilization including requisite regulatory framework.