Telecom drivers have sought to Trai that the reserve price for the 5G diapason be cut down by further than 90 for the forthcoming transaction, with no outspoken payment and a doldrums of 5-6 times. The quantum of diapason can be recovered over 24 times after the doldrumsperiod.As per the commentary submitted to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Vodafone Idea said the reserve price for- Mhz band would have to be reduced by nearly 90 of the earlier valuation base when reserve price of Rs 492 crore/ Mhz forpan-India diapason was recommended. For the mmWave band (24.25 GHz to28.5 GHz), the pricing shouldn’t be further than 1 of the pricing for- Mhz on a per Mhz base. 

  Reliance Jio in its submission said the reserve price formid-band diapason should be brought down by around 95 for a visage India 100 Mhz block and the reserve price of mmWave bands should be kept at 1/ 100th of themid-band, and that of diapason in V-band andE-band should be kept at 50 of mmWave, considering low ARPU ( average profit per stoner), copping power in India and transnational marks. Bharti Airtel too said diapason prices should at best be nominal and therefore not be further than 10 of the prices recommended before in 2018. 

The drivers have stressed that Trai’s once valuation styles (and hypotheticals therein) need to be relooked given the altered request realities including the health of assiduity and profit generation capability. “ Its former approaches like the indexation of once prices, avoided cost system aren’t applicable due to the changing dynamics of the 5G period. It’s no longer enough to compound fresh capacity for the same business and avoid the cost,” Bharti Airtel said. 

  Farther, the transnational gests suggest that incremental profit from 5G has been negligible, and unfit to recover its incrementalcost.Regarding the payment terms, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have suggested no outspoken payment with a doldrums of six times while Reliance Jio has proposed a 10 outspoken payment needed to insure telecom drivers’ commitment, followed by a five- time doldrums in payments. While Vodafone has suggested 20 periodic inaugurations post the doldrums period with interest rate at RBI repo rate, Jio has called for 25 inaugurations after the doldrums period with interest at RBI repo rate. 

Bharti Airtel wants 24 inaugurations after the doldrums with nointerest.Regarding the diapason caps, Airtel has proposed that the 50 cap in thesub-GHz band should be reduced to 35 while the overall cap of 35 should be continued with. Reliance Jio has submitted that in an effectively three- player request, the 35 cap isn’t suitable for promoting competition as this may lead toquasi-administrative allocation in some prized bands, thus, it should be 50. 

  In 2018, Trai had recommended a reserve price of Rs 492 crore per Mhz for- MHz band. The price meant that for a visage India minimal block of 20 Mhz, drivers would have to shell out Rs crore, which was seen as steep. As telcos need about 100 Mhz to offerpan-India 5G services, this price means that they would need to shell out Rs crore.