Winning 3G bid might be used as base price for future sale: DOT

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The base price for all airwaves sale in the future will now be based on the winning bids in each circle for the upcoming third generation (3G) spectrum in India. It may also be recommended by TRAI that the current policy of allocating 2G spectrum based on the operators’ subscriber numbers should be stopped and instead of that the international policy of auctioning should be followed.

As per the recommendation, in the immediate future, the telecom operators will have to shell out huge amounts for radio frequencies besides shelling out the equivalent or more money for 3G spectrum for all additional frequencies.

Rs 25,000 and Rs 35,000 crore has been expected by Government through this auction. By bringing out this proposal, DOT is also expected to rake in an equivalent amount from the 2G spectrum sale in the next fiscal. All fresh allocations of 2G spectrum has been frozen by DOT.