TRAI on Monday stood by its recommendations on pricing spectrum at 10 per cent higher rate than the previous auction, taking back certain airwaves from state-owned BSNl and defence giving up spectrum in 2,100 MHz band that can be used for 3G services.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) had sent back TRAI's recommendations on spectrum valuation and pricing for a review, saying that some of them can't be implemented in the present form.
"After considering the comments given by DoT, the Authority has furnished its response to the government. The Authority has reiterated its earlier recommendations with detailed reasoning," TRAI said in a statement.
The revised comments received from TRAI are now likely to be placed before inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had last month given its recommendations on valuation and pricing of 1800 Mhz and 900 Mhz spectrum bands, being used for 2G services, for the next round of auction.
The regulator said there is no change in the reserve prices for spectrum in 900 Mhz and 1800 Mhz bands from what were recommended earlier.
The DoT had sought clarifications regarding the methodology for arriving at the reserve price and suggested applying the same method used in the February auction.