 "May release paper on spectrum auction this week: Trai Chairman R S Sharma")
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is likely to release a discussion paper on spectrum auction this week, chairman R S Sharma said on Monday.
The consultation paper of spectrum auction and pricing is "ready" and the telecom regulator hopes to release it this week, Sharma told reporters on the sidelines of ITU-Trai Asia-Pacific Regulators Roundtable.
Earlier this year, the Department of Telecom (DoT) sought Trai's views on spectrum price for various frequencies, including premium airwaves in the 700 MHz band that remained unsold in the last auctions in October 2016.
During the last auction, the government had put airwaves worth Rs
