Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the draft consultation paper on auction of spectrum to seek views of various stakeholders for giving its recommendation to the DOT.

.The main issues focussed the draft consultation include the  amount of spectrum to be auctioned, liberalisation and reframing of spectrum in 800/900 MHz bands, structure of auction, spectrum block size, eligibility criteria for participating in the auction, reserve price, roll out obligations, spectrum usage charges, trading etc.

The consultation paper shows 60 Mhz and 413.6 Mhz of spectrum will be vacated in 800 Mhz and 1800 Mhz spectrum bands respectively from the cancellation of 122 2G licences by Supreme Court.

The consultation paper need to studied well and our opinion expressed