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Military delays India 3G auction
26 October 2009
Delays by the military mean India has reduced the amount of 3G spectrum that it plans to auction, and has put back the auction date by six weeks — and no auctions will be held at all in two of the country’s 22 regions.
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The delay is because the Department of Telecommunications has failed to persuade the country’s Ministry of Defence to release parts of the spectrum that is up for auction before June 2010. The spectrum should have been cleared by September.
That means the process will be split into at least two stages, with spectrum that is now available being auctioned in January 2010,...
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