TRAI proposals on 2G arbitrary, says Idea

Idea Cellular on Thursday said the TRAI recommendations on 2G spectrum pricing were flawed and adopting them would be like "slaughtering the goose laying golden eggs of progress", reports The Economic Times.  

"We are dismayed by the continual flip-flops in policy formulation in the telecom sector. In the same breath, the principles of transparency and auction-based spectrum pricing are touted, whereas arbitrary and unreal administered numbers are sought to be portrayed as 'market based'," the company was quoted saying in the report.

It further said, "Even more curious is how total spectrum holdings are sought to be aggregated for some operators, but disaggregated for select others, never mind the loss to the exchequer or basic level playing field considerations."

Source: The Economic Times