New Delhi: Telecom Commission is likely to meet on October 15 and discuss issues pertaining to the upcoming spectrum auction and full mobile number portability.
"The Telecom Commission will meet on October 15. The agenda has not been finalised yet but issues such as full MNP, NIA for the auctioneer and telecom connectivity to Andaman and Nicobar are likely to be taken up," a source in Department of Telecom said.
Telecom regulator TRAI has already given its final view on issues that were raised with respect to full MNP, a service which will allow mobile subscribers to change their operator in any part of the country while retaining their number. At present, a subscriber can avail such facility within same telecom service circle.
The working group at DoT on spectrum auction is also likely to place its study before Telecom Commission which comprises members from the DoT, Department of Electronics and IT, Planning Commission, Finance Ministry and Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
TRAI has given its recommendation with respect to auction of CDMA spectrum (800 Mhz band) and is working on recommendation for radiowaves in 900 Mhz and 1800 Mhz band which at present are used for GSM services by telecom operators like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Videocon etc.
It was, however, not clear if the spectrum sharing and trading rules will also be taken up for discussion.
TRAI has also given its recommendation for spectrum sharing and trading. These two proposals are aimed at facilitating telecom operators to get spectrum through a business deal from other telecom operator without having to wait for allocation from the government.
After Supreme Court verdict that cancelled 122 2G licences, government has been allocating spectrum through auction only.
