The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has welcomed the proposal of department of telecommunication regarding separation of income from 2G and 3G services. 

The Director General of COAI, TV Ramachandran said that the proposal of DoT would speed up the 3 G technology rollout in the country. Thus, people of the country could avail broadband services at low price and in continuous manner. The body strongly advocated the segregation of GSM and WCDMA revenues.

Ramachandran said that UK has already separated the revenue from 3G and 2G services. 

Hong Kong has also implemented this model since many years. He said that this model can be applied either through traffic-based approach or call data record (CDR) approach. The base stations for 2G and 3G networks are different and have a distinct identity. So the segregation of the services is not only possible but also desirable.