All operators will have to pay market price from now on: Sibal
merisarkar news service, New Delhi, January 30, 2011
License is de-linked from spectrum: Sibal
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal says, all operators will have to pay market price from now on for initial as well additional spectrum. Delinking spectrum from the licences in the aftermath of the 2G scam, Sibal said, the spectrum will not be bundled with licence in future. He said that licence to be issued to telecom operators will be in the nature of Unified Licence and the licence holder will be free to offer any of the multifarious telecom services.
At present the telecom operators are getting spectrum bundled with the telecom licenses which had paved the way for low tariff regime and intense price war among the service providers.
Now the new operators with valid licences will have to pay market price for the additional 1.8 Mhz of 2G spectrum. Old operators like Bharti, Vodafone and Idea, who are holding spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz, will have to pay market driven price for the extra airwaves. The Minister said that these changes will be implemented with immediate effect.
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