DoT seeks PM's intervention on spectrum issue
New Delhi (PTI): Amid differences with Ministry of Finance over pricing the spectrum for 3G telecom services, the Department of Telecommunication has requested the PMO to convene a meeting to reconcile the differences.
Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura is learnt to have made a request to the Prime Minister's Office to convene a meeting that will include PMO, DoT, telecom regulator TRAI and finance secretary to resolve the controversy over spectrum allocation and pricing.
He said the department is in dialogue with the Ministry of Finance regarding certain issues relating to guidelines for auction of 3G spectrum and pricing of 2G spectrum.
DoT has also suggested that since recommendations of TRAI are involved in the matter, Chairman of the regulator may also be called for this meeting.
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