It has been well established that the Airtel,Vodafone and Idea Cellular etc. have clearly violated the rules of 3 G Spectrum licence conditions by providing 3G services, where they have got no licence. By not bidding and paying for 3G spectrum in many of the circles, they are providing services through illegal sharing arrangements. Then what was the need to have circle wise auction? Why government compelled BSNL to pay for all the circles except Delhi and Mumbai (where MTNL was compelled to pay), exhausting all its reserves?
The DOT is dithering most probably of political pressure to bail out the private companies from the present crisis. It is well known that the private companies are the blue-eyed boys of the Manmohan Singh Government. But here it is clear violation of rules and no compromise should be there. Their licences for G spectrum should be cancelled, money to be forfeited and penalty to be imposed on them. Nothing less. The DOT has to act firmly.