From correspondents in Delhi, India, 07:30 PM IST The broad guidelines for implementation and auctioning of radio spectrum for 3G and Wimax have been devised and the final draft will be approved and released within a week, telecom minister A. Raja said here Friday. 'Broad guidelines for rolling out 3G services have been devised and we need some inputs from the finance ministry after which the guidelines will be forwarded to the Telecom Commission,' Raja told reporters on the sidelines of a function here. 'Expect the final norms to be announced within a week,' he added. Raja said the finance ministry had to be consulted as it has a say in the Telecom Commission - the policy making wing of the Department of Telecom. 3G is a wireless telephony technology that enables high-speed data transfers by enhancing the spectral...
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