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The Empowered Group of Ministers on telecom will approach the Supreme Court to seek the extension of August 31 deadline to complete the auction of 2G airwaves and would look at starting the auction process by November.
After cancelling 122 telecom licences in February the Supreme Court had asked the Government to complete the 2G spectrum auction by August 31. It had extended the validity of quashed licences till September 7.
The spectrum auction is crucial for companies such as Sistema Shyam, Uninor and Videocon to win the auction for being able to continue the operations.
Sibal said the Government will file an interim application before the court and request it to consider the facts as stated in the application.
“Auctioneer has given us schedule we will approach the Supreme Court to place before them the fact what the Government has done. Also, place before them that in terms of this schedule, it is not possible to conduct the auction by August 31,” Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said after the Empowered Group of Ministers meet.
The Empowered Group of Ministers, headed by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, discussed the sale at a meeting in New Delhi today.
“As you know, licences have been extended till September 7. So we will go back to the Supreme Court with an interim application and request to consider the fact as stated in the application,” Sibal added.
Last week, the government has set a reserve price of Rs 14,000 crore for the proposed auction of 2G spectrum, which is at the lower end of the band recommended by the group of ministers on telecom and much lower than the price set by telecom regulator.
sAm August 8, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Hope SC doesn’t allow !!
SHIV August 8, 2012 at 9:02 am
2G AUCTION is of 1800mhz at base price 14000 crore than wht about 900mhz spectrum?
Arka August 7, 2012 at 10:47 pm
SC should extend only some few days,which are necessary for remaining process.Otherwise,The Lazy Govt. will take lifetime(no time limit)to do this 2G auction!! and may be,our grand-son will see the winner!!
Sudhakar August 7, 2012 at 10:17 pm
I want :
> IDEA (cheapest operator for per minute calls, but WORST in GPRS speed !!!),
> Videocon (cheapest operator for Local, STD and ISD calls, decent 20 KBps GPRS speed – KiloBytes I mean),
> Tata docomo (cheap operator for providing per second call rate in all the booster packs, but WORST GPRS speed),
> Reliance GSM (costly booster packs but cheapest operator for GPRS tariff and decent speed of 15 to 20 KB/s GPRS speed – KiloBytes I mean).
I don’t want to comment about its (Reliance GSM) Rs.74 plan voucher as I think it is a temporary canvasing by the company to attract the customers.
Asit Paul August 7, 2012 at 8:01 pm
In India, nothing happens as scheduled! MNP took so much time to be a Pan India Facility, Digitisation of Cable delayed, Nobody knows when NTP 2012 will be a reality and now, Govt wants again expansion in 2G Auction.
Tharun George August 7, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Same old story. Why is it difficult to meet dead lines for gov?
Last the 3G auction was dragged over a year. Our gov should learn how to meet dead lines.
In my opinion SC should not extend it further.
syam August 7, 2012 at 6:25 pm
anyway i want my idea cellular, BSNL, vodafone and airtel are to be there in my state kerala……………….