Wednesday, 29 February 2012
4G spectrum auction this year Govt Announced
India is looking at holding spectrum auctions for the fourth generation (4G) mobile services by the end of this year, besides finalizing plans to sell off radio waves for the 2G services, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has said.
"By the end of the year, we are actually going to auction 4G (spectrum). That is what our intent is. We have enough spectrum now to share with everybody," he said at the India Day function organized by his ministry at the Mobile World Congress here. Sibal said the government will have enough radio waves for all operators after it is released from the defense services as well as the cancellation of 122 2G new licenses by the Supreme Court in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
"By the end of the year, we are actually going to auction 4G (spectrum). That is what our intent is. We have enough spectrum now to share with everybody," he said at the India Day function organized by his ministry at the Mobile World Congress here. Sibal said the government will have enough radio waves for all operators after it is released from the defense services as well as the cancellation of 122 2G new licenses by the Supreme Court in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
