No cut in spectrum price as govt okays airwave auction by April 2020

DCC has decided to offer a two-year moratorium on payment for the airwaves

The Union government has set the ball rolling for the next round of airwave auction by approving the sale of 8,300 MHz spectrum across all 22 telecom circles, including for 5G services, in March-April at a reserve price of Rs 5.23 trillion.  The Digital Communications Commission (DCC), the apex decision-making body in the telecom department, has kept the spectrum price unchanged as it accepted the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

Although the industry is disappointed with the government decision not to lower spectrum prices at a time telcos are saddled with over Rs 4-trillion debt and an