Inter-ministerial panel clears draft RFP to select auctioneer for 2019 spectrum sale

New Delhi: An inter-ministerial panel has approved the draft RFP (tender document) to select the auctioneer who will conduct the upcoming spectrum sale, including for 5G radiowaves, according to a source. The Department of Telecom hopes to have the auctioneer in place by early-September, the source added.

The matter is likely to be taken up in the next meeting of Digital Communications Commission (DCC) scheduled this month.

Once the DCC takes a view on the issue, the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be floated, the source told .