Close on heals of the decision on spectrum sharing, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today approved a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications on guidelines for spectrum trading arising from the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Together with the earlier decision, this is expected to transform the spectrum usage in the telecom sector.
The salient features of the norms for spectrum trading shall include:-
1. Spectrum trading will be allowed only between two access service providers only outright transfer of right to use the spectrum from the seller to the buyer shall be permitted.
2. Spectrum trading will not alter the original validity period of spectrum assignment as applicable to the traded block of spectrum.
