COAI for spectrum auction only in late-2018, early 2019

The next spectrum auction should be held only late next year or early 2019 in view of telecom industry's weak financials and the still-nascent equipment ecosystem for the prized 700 MHz band, COAI said today.

"The timing of the auction should be later part of 2018 or early 2019," COAI director general Rajan Mathews told

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