Hah!! This news wont come as a shock to people who are waiting for the 3G auction to start rolling in India. The auction, which was supposed to kick-off on 7th December has been delayed again! The reason, the 20Mhz of spectrum which lies with the defence department will only be made free for this auction in 2010 and not in December 2009 as it was promised earlier. Now who can go against the defence department who wants to make sure that there are proper security clearances before the 20Mhz and the 25Mnz spectrum for 3G and 2G respectively are opened up for auction. After this the defence guys will be shifting to new optical fiber network that has been developed for them by BSNL. Its been more than a year that the 3G auction is getting delayed and there is frustration among users as well as service providers. This time DoT has taken a firm stand and has said that, it will anyway go ahead with the auction and till defence guys free up their spectrum in June 2010, some bidders will be put on hold.
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