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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog<\/a>, the government’s think tank, has suggested that 5G<\/a> spectrum should be given to telecom operators for a 30-year period but basis the reserve price calculated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India<\/a> (TRAI) for a 20-year period, according to a report by Financial Express.

This way, the reduction in the reserve price works out to be 36% as compared to what the regulator had recommended in 2018, the report said.

The development is significant as the Niti Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant<\/a> is also a member of the Digital Communications Commission<\/a> (DCC), the highest inter-ministerial decision-making body for the telecom sector, it added.

The government last September, as part of telecom reforms, had decided to give spectrum for a 30-year period.

But TRAI in its recent recommendations has said that if the spectrum is given for a 30-year period, then the price charged shall be 1.5 times of the 20-year period.

As per the report, the think tank believes that “there is no rationale behind a price for 20 years and then adding multiples to it”.

Notably, DCC has stuck to the regulator’s recommended base prices for 5G airwaves, while backing a telecom department panel view of auctioning airwaves for 20 years.

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India commences groundwork for 5G spectrum auction, to introduce services by 2022-23<\/a><\/h2>

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw believes the 5G service rollout will happen in August or September, given that the telecom companies in the past have said they would need six months from the spectrum auction to roll out their 5G services.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog<\/a>, the government’s think tank, has suggested that 5G<\/a> spectrum should be given to telecom operators for a 30-year period but basis the reserve price calculated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India<\/a> (TRAI) for a 20-year period, according to a report by Financial Express.

This way, the reduction in the reserve price works out to be 36% as compared to what the regulator had recommended in 2018, the report said.

The development is significant as the Niti Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant<\/a> is also a member of the Digital Communications Commission<\/a> (DCC), the highest inter-ministerial decision-making body for the telecom sector, it added.

The government last September, as part of telecom reforms, had decided to give spectrum for a 30-year period.

But TRAI in its recent recommendations has said that if the spectrum is given for a 30-year period, then the price charged shall be 1.5 times of the 20-year period.

As per the report, the think tank believes that “there is no rationale behind a price for 20 years and then adding multiples to it”.

Notably, DCC has stuck to the regulator’s recommended base prices for 5G airwaves, while backing a telecom department panel view of auctioning airwaves for 20 years.

\"India<\/a><\/figure>

India commences groundwork for 5G spectrum auction, to introduce services by 2022-23<\/a><\/h2>

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw believes the 5G service rollout will happen in August or September, given that the telecom companies in the past have said they would need six months from the spectrum auction to roll out their 5G services.<\/p><\/div>