EGoM defers call on recalling spectrum from operators
19 Oct 2012 9:04 AM IST
A high-powered ministerial group has deferred a decision on asking telecom operators, like Airtel and Vodafone, to give up their existing spectrum and buy less-efficient airwaves. The telecom minister Kapil Sibal said that an empowered group of ministers [EGoM] deferred a decision on the contentious spectrum refarming issue as 'there wasn't enough time'.
The EGoM was to take a view on the Telecom Commission recommendation that mobile phone firms give up all their spectrum/airwave holdings in more-efficient 900 mega hertz band when their permits come up for renewal starting November 2014.
The telecom operators can bid for the airwaves in an auction next year, or can buy replacement airwaves in the less efficient 1800 MHz band, the commisison, headed by the telecom secretary R Chandrasekhar, had recommended on Wednesday.
The EGoM was to take a view on the Telecom Commission recommendation that mobile phone firms give up all their spectrum/airwave holdings in more-efficient 900 mega hertz band when their permits come up for renewal starting November 2014.
The telecom operators can bid for the airwaves in an auction next year, or can buy replacement airwaves in the less efficient 1800 MHz band, the commisison, headed by the telecom secretary R Chandrasekhar, had recommended on Wednesday.
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