DoT clears Jio, Airtel, Vi, Adani as final bidders

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Wednesday approved Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Adani Data Networks as the final participants in the first ever auction of 5G spectrum in India that is scheduled to start on July 26.

The Centre plans to auction 72 Ghz of spectrum valid for 20 years which are worth Rs4.3 lakh crore at base price. Frequency bands on sale range from low (600 Mhz, 700 Mhz, 800 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1800 Mhz, 2100 Mhz, 2300 Mhz, 2500 Mhz) and mid (3.3-3.67 Ghz) to high (26 Ghz).