3G Auction Delayed AGAIN!!
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Here are the pointers, as we have condemned any more analysis on the farcical 3G Saga and their phoney hoped-for calendar! January 14 ain’t happening anymore as DoT and the defence ministry are yet to work out the specific frequencies or sub-bands of the airwaves, which can be assigned to telcos. Airwaves are yet to be emptied by the armed forces for the 25 MHz of 3G spectrum for the auctions.
- The auctions will be held before the end of this fiscal, said a DoT official quoted by ET.
- 3G auctions take place only after sector regulator TRAI issues recommendations on a slew of policy related issues.
- TRAI set to come out its recommendations only by December-end or early-January
- DoT that it would compete the alternate network fibre cable for the armed forces by December 2012
On the other hand, mobile 4G trials are picking up pace, with operators eager to roll out 4G networks as soon as possible in UK. Indian ABI Research analyst Bhavya Khanna said, “In order to keep up with the exponential growth of mobile data that has been spurred by fixed-rate data plans, operators must upgrade their existing 3G infrastructure.” Here the auction ‘will’ take place someday, surely in four phases – Invitation Stage, Pre-qualification Stage, Auction Stage and Grant Stage. How much do you care? Till then stay tuned while we gaze at the still awaited third generation mobile enhancement service!
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when will 3G finally be launched in India ? It feels so primitive that as a tech savvy nation,we are taking so long to launch something that should have been done years ago.