The telecom industry appears to be divided over the 3G roaming agreements, with some of the operators asking the government to come out with a new framework on the issue.

Chiefs of leading telecom firms, including Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel, Anil Ambani of RCom and Vittorio Colao of Vodafone, today met Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and placed their views.

According to sources in the telecom ministry, there was no unanimity in the industry over the contentious issue of 3G raoming pact which has been termed as violation of licence norms, both by the Department of Telecom (DoT) and sector regulator Trai. 

Besides 3G roaming, sources said, operators also discussed various issues like spectrum pricing and Trai's recommendations on merger and acquisition. 

The outcome of the meeting, however, could not be ascertained.

Operators also met Trai Chairman J S Sarma and discussed the same topics with him too.

The Telecom Ministry and Trai have termed the roaming pact between these players as violation of licence, saying it tantamounts to spectrum sharing, which is not allowed as per the existing policy.