Examining multiple parameters for spectrum auction reform: Telecom secretary

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications is examining various options and parameters for reforming the architecture of spectrum auction and will hold inter-ministerial consultations if the need arises, telecom secretary Anshu Prakash said on Wednesday.

“We are looking at all aspects such as number of spectrum payment instalments, rate of interest, spectrum holding caps,” Prakash told reporters on the sidelines of the three-day India Mobile Congress that started on Monday.

Prakash’s statement follows telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s comments on Monday that the government plans to hold spectrum auction this financial year and will consider reforming spectrum pricing.