New Delhi, Nov 7 : Union Minister of Communications and IT A. Raja reiterated on Friday that India will allocate spectrum for next generation wireless networks as planned earlier.
Successful bidders would be allocated the spectrum by the end of January after holding an auction, the Minister said.
The decision is likely to affect all leading telecom operators.
According to reports, India expects to earn 40-50 billion rupees in revenues annually from a higher spectrum fee to be levied on mobile telecom.