The department of telecom, DoT, has released an initial set of guidelines for the upcoming auction and allotment of spectrum in 1800 megahertz, MHZ, and 800 MHZ bands. In a notification issued on its website on Tuesday, the DoT said it will auction eight blocks of bandwidth in the 1800 megahertz, MHZ, band. Each block will be of 1.25 megahertz and the validity of the spectrum auctioned will be 20 years. In the 800 MHz band, three blocks each of 1.25 MHz will be put on auction. It added the auction will be open to all, including companies affected by the Supreme Court ruling canceling their telecom licenses.
The telecom department said it will announce other details later, such as the starting auction price, the terms of payment, annual spectrum usage charges as well as deadlines for rollout of services.