"By September, the consultation paper on auctions should be out," a Trai official said, asking not to be identified. "When the auctions can be held is for the telecom department to decide. "Trai chairman RS Sharma told ET in May that he planned to submit recommendations to the Department of Telecom by December and although there was financial stress in the sector, the consultation process would be carried out and completed. Trai officials said its suggestions could include the schedule for the next spectrum sale.The previous spectrum auction took place about 10 months after Trai gave its first set of recommendations on base prices in January 2016. Final recommendations were in April and approved by the Telecom Commission in the same month.

Source: Economic Times July 16, 2017 18:32 UTC