In all the eight spectrum bands the government is putting up for auction, the reserve prices for the Delhi telecom circle are the highest, followed by Mumbai, with Kolkata a distant third. The Department of Telecommunications (DOT), through a notice released on Friday, announced that telecom players would have until April 22 to submit bids for the auction, which will feature all the available spectrum in 800MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHZ, 2,100MHZ, 2,300MHz, 2,500MHz, 3,300MHz, and 26GHz bands.
The government, however, seems to have resisted raising the reserve prices for the usually sought-after spectrum bands in key telecom circles. This rings true for Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata, which are considered by the DoT as 'metro circles' owing to their strategic and economic importance, and population among India's 22 telecom circles.
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