The Indian Telecom Commission says no to the proposals from TRAI to successful bidders in the upcoming 3G auctions 2% of the highest bid amount annually as an administrative charge for using the spectrum. The commission, however, agrees to the higher spectrum fees proposed by DoT. he DoT had criticised the TRAI’s recommendations for an administrative charge, claiming if implemented it could reduce revenues from the auction process by as much as $1 billion. The annual spectrum fee for operators which only offer 3G services will rise from 1% of revenue to 3% of revenues following the commission’s decision. Existing operators with 2G services will be charged between 3% and 8% of revenues, dependent on the spectrum each company holds.
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ITC rejects TRAI’s proposal of 2% admin tax for 3G (India)
- December 23rd, 2008
- 6:06 am
Telecom Commission approves DoT’s 3G spectrum fees (India)
- November 12th, 2008
- 1:22 pm
DoT, India, announces a 3% of total annual revenues to the government by the new entrants offering 3G services and 1% for the incumbents, in the country.
The Telecom commission approves DoT’s proposal to impose an additional annual spectrum usage charge of 1% of operating revenues for companies holding frequency blocks of below 8MHz capacity, rising to 2% for larger allocations of above 8MHz bandwidth, scheduled to be effective from 1 January 2009.
