EGoM fails to take decision on spectrum auction bidding details

25 Jan 2013 Evaluate

The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on telecom in its meeting on January 24, failed to take a decision on how many blocks an operator should be allowed to bid for in the auction that starts on March 11. In the previous auction, as per the government condition, telecom operators had to bid for minimum 4 blocks of 1.25 MHz each for the 1800 MHz band and for CDMA band, operators had to bid for at least two blocks.

For the upcoming spectrum auction, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to auction 34 blocks of 1.25 MHz each in the 900 MHz band, 40 blocks of 1.25 MHz each in the 1,800 MHz band, and 64 blocks of 1.25 MHz each in the 800 MHz CDMA band.

Earlier, to ensure aggressive bidding, the DoT had also proposed that there should not be any restriction on the number of slots that a company should be allowed to bid in the upcoming auction for both CDMA and GSM spectrum. However, in the previous auction, the DoT’s proposal received tepid response with no bidder for the 800 MHz band of CDMA spectrum. 

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