Indian government rules out auction of 2G spectrum
Published July 31st, 2007
The government on Tuesday denied any move to auction spectrum for second generation mobile services - a shift from the current subscriber-linked allocation policy.
“There is no question of that (2G auction)… I am not having any such intention,” Telecom Minister A Raja today told reporters here.
The Department of Telecom had earlier said a CDMA operator had written a letter to the government seeking auction of additional spectrum against the current subscriber- led allocation.
As per the present policy, a GSM operator receives up to 6.25 MHz, while a CDMA operator gets up to 5 MHz, on meeting the specified subscriber base criteria. An additional allocation is made on the basis of the operator’s subscriber base.
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