NEW DELHI, INDIA: The Indian Government has decided to auction spectrum beyond 4.4 MHz, with no additional charge for old GSM players till they had 6.2 MHz, notes a report on The Economic Times.

The report notes that this move that will provide advantage to old GSM operators, whereas, the same will impact the valuation of new entrants, such as Tatas, RCom (for foray into GSM services), Sistema-Shyam, Uninor, in the telecom sector.

TRAI is also planning to charge operators for 'additional 1.8 MHz (GSM)/2.5 MHz (CDMA) spectrum, beyond the start-up spectrum of 4.4 MHz/2.5 MHz, respectively', adds the report.