Spectrum auction to take place in Sept end: Reports
29/08/2016 00:03
The Indian Government has said that the spectrum auction will take place at the end of September setting at rest reports that the spectrum auction might be pushed by a few days to coincide with the period considered auspicious by Hindus, as requested by the telecom industry. Commenting on the issue, Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha told the media, "We have finalised the date of the auction and it will happen in the last week of September... 29 or 30th." Earlier, there were reports that government was looking at pushing the upcoming spectrum auction by a few days to coincide with the period considered auspicious by Hindus, as requested by telecom industry. Sinha was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event organised to inaugurate Huawei's largest Global Service Centre (GSC). As per reports, the India GSC currently handles more than 50 projects, supporting over 30 countries in Asia, Middle East and Africa, serving over 350 million subscribers.
