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India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has pushed back spectrum auctions by a week to give it more time to respond to questions raised during a pre-bid meeting held two weeks ago.

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT), ignoring the regulator’s complaints about the high base price and scarcity of 3G spectrum to be auctioned next month, has suggested a reserve price 36 per cent higher than the Telecom Regulatory Authority of…

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is standing by its suggested reserve price for 3G spectrum to be auctioned next month and has questioned the government for asking for the price to be increased by 43 per cent.

Mobile operators have requested that India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) reviews the reserve price of the 900 MHz spectrum to be auctioned next month, complaining that the price is too high and could lead to higher mobile rates, slowing the…

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has rejected the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) recommended pricing for 3G spectrum in next month’s auction and asked the regulator to review the proposal.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has suggested a base price of INR27. 2 billion ($425 million) per megahertz for the 3G spectrum to be auctioned next month. The price for the pan-India 2.

It looks like India’s spectrum auction in February will end up being expanded to include 3G airwaves after the defence ministry agreed to give up 5MHz of 2. 1GHz spectrum.