TRAI Chairman Rahul Khullar has wondered whether all spectrum will continue to be sold through auction only for fear of CAG or CBI inquiries or the airwaves will be easily available.
"Stage is for me to ask ourselves are we going to continue plugging this line that all spectrum must be auctioned. There should be no delicensing because there will be enquiry by CAG or CVC or CBI. Are we in business of building India or we sort of cowards cowering our wounds," he said while speaking at an event.
The CAG had alleged that government in 2008 allocated spectrum at less price which caused the national exchequer a notional loss of about Rs 1.76 lakh crore. The government had invited all-round criticism on 2G spectrum scam that was probed by CBI.
The Government is allocating spectrum for mobile services through auction only after the Supreme Court in February 2012 cancelled 122 2G licence and directed government to allocate spectrum through auction.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chief said that it will be of no use to lay optical fibre in the country for broadband services without having enough spectrum. "There is need for more spectrum. There is no point to lay fibre when no spectrum is available. I am talking of access spectrum," Khullar said.