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Telecom Commission fails to take decision on mergers, acquisitions and spectrum pricing
TT Correspondent |  |  29 Nov 2011

Telecom Commission on Monday failed to take any decision on sector regulator TRAI''s recommendations on mergers and acquisitions and spectrum pricing and is likely to meet again on December 1.

"The issues discussed today include M&A, spectrum pricing and priority of allocation of spectrum. No final decision has been taken and the TC will again meet on December 1 for half a day," Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar told reporters here.

If things don't conclude that day, another meet will be called in a day or two for final decision, he added.

The Telecom Ministry is likely to finalise the National Telecom Policy, 2011 and all all these issues have to be resolved prior to that for their inclusion in the policy.

Earlier this month, TRAI had sent its recommendation to DoT, which had sought clarifications from the regulator, before finalising the NTP 2011.

While standing by its recommendation of over six-fold jump in the 2G spectrum price, TRAI had the left the decision for levying a one-time charge for additional spectrum beyond the contracted limit of 6.2 Mhz to the government.

TRAI had recommended that each Mhz of additional spectrum, after the 6.2 MHz limit held by operators, should have one-time cost of Rs 4,571.87 crore for all of India.

However, from circle to circle, it would vary and the operators would have to pay only for those areas where they hold extra spectrum. It had also suggested delinking spectrum from licences.

    
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29 Nov 2011(IST)  
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