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MoF has issued guidelines to DoT for 3g-spectrum auction. It has strictly suggested to keep TRAI out in whole process, poor TRAI? In 3G triangle, three points are, government, regulator and operators. In operator there are two mindsets, one pro-Tatas and another pro-Bharti. Let us talk about the difference between Tata and Bharti.

Bharti says, there should not be any auction fee for 3G spectrums. Any fee will make service costlier and unaffordable. Mr Mittal is right, after all spectrum fee is cost overhead and the decision to go for 3G needs big heart, as nobody knows the future. But what about scarcity of frequency?

Tata says there should be fee to protect the spectrum. Perfectly right, if a non-eligible organization starts considering the spectrum as personal property (which happens with almost all government property, Rastra Ki Sampatti Hamari Sampatti) then where will the 3G go?

Now problem is this that MoF have already kept TRAI out so these two poles cannot pick ear of Mr Pradeep Baijal (which happened almost in all cases). Consultants have also got little to advise as Mr. regulator is not there to listen and MoF & DoT are famous for their own style. So what next?

We feel there must be one time spectrum fee. So Tata wins, no no. the worry of Bharti is correct, India can not afford a costly service. Therefore there should be some arrangement to nullify the spectrum fee. We propose that take the spectrum fee but instead of considering it as earning, divide it into some time bound rebate against the service usage. For example 5 years no revenue sharing with regulators. It’ll help everyone. Those operator which will have maximum subscriber, get maximum benefit so the basic purpose of government to increase service penetration also gets solved. Moreover spectrum will be well protected and usage will be committed, since no use means no rebate.

But the bottom line is—

Will MoF leave a Tax-free income of around 3000 Cr???

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