The government has decided to charge a uniform licence fee from the operators from 2013-14 to ensure uniformity. The government will charge 8 percent as licence fee, reports PTI.

At present, DoT is charging licence fee in the range of 6-10 per cent depending upon type of service and circle.

"A uniform annual licence fee rate of 8 per cent of AGR shall be adopted across all categories of service areas (metro A, B and C categories) of UAS/CMTS/Basic service licences in two steps starting from July 1, 2012," sources in DoT told PTI.

Starting July 1, DoT will impose a fee ranging from 7 to 9 per cent on operators depending on the category of the circle while from April 1, 2013 onwards, the uniform fee of 8 per cent will be charged.