In a move that promotes optimum spectrum efficiency and utilisation as well as encourages consolidation in the sector, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Tuesday recommended the removal of the intra-band cap of 50% spectrum holding by operators in a circle. It also said that operators should now be allowed to hold 35% of the total spectrum assigned in a circle against the current cap of 25%. In the intra-band cap where current regulations prohibit any operator to have more than 50% in a given band, Trai has said that instead the government should now ensure that an operator does not have more than 50% of all the sub-1 GHz band like 700, 800, and 900 MHz bands put together.

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