The Telecom Commission on Thursday asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), to reconsider the key issues it had recommended on spectrum pricing.

After receiving the Trai’s clarifications, the Commission would again discuss this onOctober 29.

M F Farooqui, secretary of DoT and chairman of the Telecom Commission said that the commission has sought further clarifications on some issues.

“It would be sent back to Trai for clarifications. But it does not mean we did not agree with anything,” said M F Farooqui, secretary of DoT and chairman of the Telecom Commission. He added the commission hoped to take a final decision on the issue onOctober 29” he said.

Trai’s suggestion to introduce the extended GSM band, taking spectrum out from the existing CDMA band (800MHz) was also rejected by DoT committee.

The auction of 1,800 MHz, 900 MHz and 800 MHz bands would be held by January. The government aims to garner Rs 11,343 crore through the auction.

Trai had recommended the reserve price of 1,800-MHz spectrum be reduced 37 per cent to Rs 1,496 crore per MHz pan-India and up to 60 per cent for 900 MHz in the circles of Delhi (at Rs 288 crore), Mumbai (at Rs 262 crore) and Kolkata (at Rs 100 crore).