Panel seeks factual note on reports of telecom firms allowed to surrender spectrum
NEW DELHI, Mar 5 (PTI): A parliamentary committee has sought a factual note from the Ministry of Communications on reports that its department of telecommunications allowed the surrender of spectrum acquired in auctions by telecom companies before 2022, sources said.
In its communication to the ministry, the committee headed by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has mentioned a critical observation in the CAG report of 2015 related to the Communications and IT sector over the “lack of due diligence in auction of spectrum for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) services”, they said.
The CAG had observed that the Notice Inviting Applications for the BWA auction suffered from deficiencies in scope of usage of spectrum for different class of licencees.
