TRAI recommends over 15 % rise in CDMA spectrum reserve price

November 27, 2014 10:40 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 06:15 pm IST - NEW DELHI:

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended a reserve price of Rs.3,104 crore per megahertz for CDMA spectrum, which is 15 per cent more than the rate it had proposed in February.

The regulator had proposed a reserve price of Rs.2,685 crore per megahertz for 800 Mhz, used for CDMA services, in its February recommendations.

TRAI had proposed a reserve price of around Rs.1,800 crore for 800 Mhz for the auction in March, 2013, wherein Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) was the only bidder, and it won radio waves to operate in eight circles for Rs.3,639 crore.

The new reserve price of Rs.3,104 crore is 72 per cent higher than the Rs.1,800 crore rate in 2013 auction.

In a reply to the Department of Telecom (DoT), TRAI said, “In the light of current data trends and other relevant factors since the valuation exercise was carried out in February, the authority has decided to carry out fresh valuation of spectrum in the 800 Mhz band.” DoT had sent back TRAI’s recommendations on the 800 MHz band for reconsidering some points. The Department had also sent back TRAI’s proposals on 900 Mhz and 1800 Mhz bands, on which the authority had reiterated its earlier stand on all proposals.

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