Spectrum of fees satcom players to pay 4% of AGR: Trai

India’s telecom regulator Friday recommended the administrative allocation of satcom spectrum for a fee pegged at 4% of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) to be assigned for five years. The long-awaited recommendations will now be vetted by the telecom department’s highest decision-making body, the Digital Communications Commission. It will then be taken up by the Cabinet for ratification, paving the way for the commercial rollout of next-generation satellite internet services in the world’s second-largest telecom market.