After the Department of Telecom volleyed the issue of allocation and pricing of spectrum for 3G mobile services to its court, regulator TRAI is all set to release a paper next week to gauge stakeholders' views.
"Four days ago, we received the letter from DoT asking us to give our recommendations on the methodology of 3G spectrum allocation and its pricing. We have worked out a plan which would kickstart next week with the release of an issue paper... to get the views of the stakeholders", TRAI Chairman Nripendra Misra told the agency.
He, however, declined to comment on whether 3G spectrum should be priced or not, saying the transparent and the fairest way to settle the matter was to get views of the stakeholders and look at this specific issue afresh since a lot has already been spoken about it of late.
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