Heeding to the request of stakeholders, TRAI has extended the deadline for comments on mobile wireless broadband services (4G/LTE) to November 30. The regulator had issued a pre-consultation paper on August 19 seeking industry comments. TRAI in a statement said, "In view the request of the stakeholders for extension of time for sending their comments and also the importance of the issue, all the stakeholders may now submit their written comments by November 30, 2011, and counter comments by December 7, 2011."

The authority invites comments on consultation paper on issues that pertain to suitable spectrum bands, block size of the spectrum for auction, spectrum availability to bidder, roll-out obligations, allocation criteria, spectrum usage charges and security concerns. TRAI has also extended the deadline for submitting counter comments on the consultation paper on IMT-advanced mobile wireless broadband services till December 7. Earlier, the Union telecom ministry said that the DoT should gear up to launch 4G services by the second-half of 2012.