The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has pointed out numerous discrepancies in the revised Information Memorandum (IM) released by DoT in October.

Firstly as per the IM, 3G spectrum in five circles namely Punjab, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam falls outside the coordinated band of 1954-1979 MHz. The MoD had released spectrum in the 1969 to 1979 Mhz band while the IM shows 1962.5-1967.5 to 1967.5-1972.5 bands.

Secondly the MoD has asked DoT that page 33 of the IM does not indicates specific frequency bands and indicates only the quantum of spectrum to be auctioned. The MoD cites that the earlier IM released in December last year mentioned the spectrum to be auctioned state-wise.

Thirdly the MD draws attention to the fact that the annotation at pages8 & 33 of the IM indicates that the government is validating the frequency available across circles for the auction and final details of the frequencies to be auctioned will be notified in the notice to be issued on 8.12.2009.

Fourthly the MoD has asked DoT as to why the 10 MHz of 3G spectrum in the 1969-1979 MHz band which is released by MoD is not reflected in the revised IM.

It has also asked DoT to expedite the coordination of Defence Band and notification of the Defence Interest Zone (DIZ).