- The Union Cabinet has approved the next round of spectrum auction. The Digital Communications Commission, the apex decision making body of the Department of Telecom, in May approved the spectrum auction plan subject to the cabinet approval.
- The DoT is yet to come out with any notification for the next round of auction in which airwaves worth ?5.22 lakh crore are to be sold.
- The Telecom Ministry gets an average revenue share of 5 per cent as spectrum usage charge from telecom operators which is calculated based on their spectrum holding and 8 per cent as licence fee from the revenue earned by them from sale of communication services.