The government will notify spectrum sharing guidelines in the next few days while plans are afoot to notify the spectrum trading rules by the end of the month.
Speaking at the sidelines of a CII event, Telecom Commission Chairman and Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg said, “The government has finalised the spectrum sharing guidelines and will notify the same in a few days while the spectrum trading rules, which are also in the last phase of finalisation, will be shared by the end of this month.”
The government could notify the spectrum sharing guidelines, which have been sent to the Telecom Minister, as early as Monday. He said the government’s objective is to enable mobile operators to utilise or sell the excess available airwaves in a better manner to check the call drop issue. “The guidelines have been finalised in such a way as to promote India as one of the most favoured destination to do business in the telecom industry,” he added.