Allotment of 3G and its pricing

Posted on | July 23, 2006 |

Financial Express has a good article which discusses issues around allotment of 3G spectrum and aspects of its pricing. It also delves into the India specific issues.

The key issue facing the regulator is the appropriateness of the policy on 3G services with respect to identification of the appropriate band, criteria for allocating spectrum and pricing mechanism considering the spectrum scarcity in the country. Traditionally three methodologies have been used for licensing in the other countries: Auction, Free licenses, Beauty contest.

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