India kicks off long-delayed 5G auction

The operators will be able to bid for spectrum in the 600MHz, 700MHz, 800MHz, 900MHz, 1.8GHz, 2.1GHz, 2.3GHz, 3.3GHz, and 26GHz bands.Licences awarded will be valid for 20 years, with equal payments expected annually throughout this period. Winning bidders may also choose to surrender the spectrum after 10 years with no further payment obligations. These measures, combined with the scrapping of spectrum usage charge as part of the telecoms relief package announced last year…read mor