3G auction will also include CDMA

At the start of August, the government announced plans for a global auction of 3G licences. At the time only two CDMA licences were thought to be available, so the plan was that Reliance and Tata would pay a pro-rata price based on the outcome of the GSM auction, telecom minister Andimuthu Raja said on Thursday.

8220;Now one more operator has been permitted. So again we consulted the TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and took a decision that it can also be auctioned,8221; the minister said.