Govt extends deadline for submission of bids to appoint spectrum auctioneer

The department of telecommunications has extended by a week the deadline to submit bids for the appointment of an auctioneer for selling airwaves.

The last date for submission of bids for the request for proposal to appoint an auctioneer was 13 January. Now the DoT has extended this to 20 January and bids will now be opened on 21 January. Eligible bidders will be declared on 22 January and eventually an auctioneer will be finalised by 4 February.

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC), the highest decision-making authority at the department of telecommunications (DoT), had last month accepted the prices suggested by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, or Trai, for spectrum auctions in March-April, when the government will put on offer airwaves for 4G and 5G services.