Telecom Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal on Satruday announced that no licence would be issued along with the spectrum from now onwards.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday he said that telecome operators will have to pay a market price for additional spectrum. Mr. Sibal said that for new operators, the contracted amount of the spectrum will be 4.4 mhz.
Mr. Sibal announced that these decisions will be part of the new telecom policy being framed by the government. He said while moving towards a new policy dispensation, it is necessary to ensure a level playing field between all players.
The Minister said that there is a need to seriously consider the adoption of an auction process for allocation and pricing of spectrum beyond 6.2 MHZ while ensuring that there is adequate competition in the auction process.
He said that TRAI had made recommendations in May 2010 and indicated that it would apprise the government of the findings of a study on the question of pricing of 2G spectrum in future and this is expected shortly.
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