The TRAI has now recommended that all the communication services may be given a unified licence the entry for which it recommended as Rs. 15 crore. The licence fee for spectrum will be different. The spectrum /air-waves will be allotted through auctions.
At present an entry fee of Rs. 1658 crore includes 4.4 MHz of start-up spectrum or 2.5 MHz of CDMA air waves for all the 22 circles. As per the new recommendations, there will be no bundling with spectrum/airwaves.
TRAI has also recommended that the penalty for violation of licence conditions etc. be reduced from the present Rs. 20 crore to Rs. 10 crore.
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