Trai recommendation on 5G spectrum by March, service roll out this year: Telecom Min

The budget also announced infusion of Rs 44,720 crore into loss-making state-owned telecom firm BSNL in the next financial year.

New Delhi: The telecom minister Ashwani Vaishnaw on Tuesday said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendation on 5G spectrum is expected to come by March, after which spectrum action will be held expeditiously for the roll out of the next generation service.

The minister said the the Department of Telecom is parallelly working on other auction-related processes to start the spectrum auction at the earliest.

Commenting on the Union Budget 2022-23, the minister said "recommendations on 5G are expected by March".