Now, for review of spectrum available, usage: Prasad

Via The Hindu Business Line | Apr 03, 2015

Final allocation of the spectrum sold is the immediate task before Ravi Shankar
Prasad, Minister for Telecom and Information Technology. Prasad said that before
going ahead with the next round of auctions, it is important to get a holistic
view of the spectrum available. For this, he said his Ministry would review the
availability of spectrum and usage across sectors, including Defence, FM Radio,
and Information & Broadcasting. On the issue of tariff hike post the auctions, P
rasad said he expects a miniscule increase. The Minister said that India is a th
riving market and makes lot of commercial sense for the operators. Stating that
the recently concluded auctions have belied many of the misgivings about the sal
e process, he said there was no shortage of spectrum. The argument that many pla
yers kept away from the auctions because on offer were mainly those spectrum ban
ds which were up for renewal has also been proved wrong. We offered 470 MHz for a
uction, of which only 170 MHz was for renewal, he said.
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