Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal on Thursday said government to make more spectrum available for the telecom industry, Reports PTI.

“We want from the government more spectrum. Every country has the same amount of spectrum and it is not that India has less… It needs to be vacated from other places, that is what other countries have also done,” Mittal said on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit organised by the World Economic Forum.

On October 15, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) gave its recommendation on spectrum auction for premium 900 Mhz band and 1800 Mhz band that are presently being used for 2G GSM mobile services by operators Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications.

Government has proposed to put for auction about 184 Mhz of spectrum in 900 Mhz band which is held by these companies through their various licences expiring in 2015-16. The four telecom operators will have to buy spectrum afresh to continue their services.