1. What is the difference between auction activity requirement (AAR) and bidder activity requirement (BAR)?
Auction Activity Requirement (AAR) is the percentage of the activity that bidder should perform in the current clock round in order to carry forward his/her entire eligibility points to the next clock round. Bidder Activity Requirement (BAR) is the bidder’s activity performed in that clock round.
Example: Bidders eligibility points at the start of a clock round is 200 and auctioneer publish the AAR as 80 % then Auction Activity Requirement = 80% and Bidders activity Requirement = 80% of 200 (minimum) i.e. 160.
2. Kindly specify whether the Applicant Company has to obtain an individual type Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) or a company type DSC, since both types of DSCs can be obtained in the Authorized Signatory’s name.
The Applicant has to obtain Company Type of Class III DSC. While the bidders may acquire more than one DSCs well in advance to avoid any risk, during auction the bidder can use only one DSC for the bidding purpose.
In case the primary bidder is not available during the auction then bidder has to request MIB for the change of DSC, once MIB approves the change request, the Auction Administrator will reset the DSC accordingly.
3. Can an Authorized Signatory (who is applying for DSC) be one person for both the companies as these are interconnected undertakings and use a common login for both the entities.
No, for the interconnected company, there will be separate login id, so the different DSCs must be procured for all interconnected companies.
4. Currently the DSCs are issued as e-token, which cannot be copied to any other e-token. If there is any issue of internet connectivity/ Power breakdown at our office during the auction process, we need to take the e-token physically to another location. In this case will the auction be paused? If we submit the details of 4 different IP addresses of different location/ cities to avoid any hassles during the auction process, we will not be in a position to share the DSCs at 4 locations.
Each applicant will be provided one set of login id and password for accessing EAS. As for the precaution, the bidder may procure more than one DSCs well in advance to avoid any risk of breakdown in internet connectivity.
During the auction the bidder can use only one DSC for bidding purpose. In case the primary bidder is not available during the auction then bidder has to request MIB for the change of DSC, once MIB approves the change request the Auction Administrator will reset the DSC accordingly.
5. Why my bid is showing invalid after checking bid?
There may be two reasons for that-
  1. You might have selected more number of channels than the EMD amount you have submitted, Or
  2. You do not have sufficient eligibility points left to select more channels.
6. If the Clock round duration is of 60 mins then why it has not closed timely?
The EAS clock round would go into extension time, if one or more bidders have not submitted their bid during 60 mins of clock round time. Maximum 20 mins (2 extension of 10 mins each) of extension is provided to each bidder in every round, subject to total extension budget of 60 mins.
7. What will happen if bidder fails to submit his bid in first clock round?
It is mandatory to bid in the first clock round during auction. If bidder fails to submit his bid in first clock round, in that case bidder is not allowed to proceed further as he would get deactivated, and his EMD in entirety will be forfeited.
8. I have submitted my bid timely and if the clock round gets extended, does it affects my extension budget?
No, if you have submitted your bid in time then your extension budget will remain same.
9. What is capping rule?
EAS implies on two capping rules-
  1. City Wise Cap- A bidder can only get 40% of the total channels in city, subject to a minimum of three different operators in the city, and
  2. National Capping- A bidder can only get 15% of all channels allotted in the country excluding channels located in Jammu and Kashmir (J & K), North Eastern States and Island Territories.
10. Will there be any basis on how much additional extension budget would be granted to the bidders or would it be random allotment?
If there is any compelling evidence of technical failures affecting multiple bidders, additional 60 minute extension budget may be provided to the affected bidders by the auction administrator.
11. What is the closure criteria for Channel allocation stage?
Channel allocation stage will get closed when it met the following conditions for the first time-
  1. The activity requirement is 100%, and
  2. For all cities in all the channels, there is no bid submitted by any of the bidders i.e. Bidder Activity is NIL.
12. It is mentioned that “the minimum time between the end of one clock round and the start of the Next Clock Round will be 60 minutes”. Elsewhere it is mentioned that this time duration will be minimum of 15 minutes. What is it exactly?
The time required to decrypt the bids, publication of clock round result and scheduling of the next clock round requires minimum 60 minutes.
13. Clarify whether Frequency Allocation Stage will immediately follow the final clock round or take place on a later date.
Frequency Allocation Stage will commence on next working day after the channel allocation stage is finished.
14. What is meant by “the total value of the EMD of the number of channels selected should be equal to or less than the EMD deposited by the bidder”.
The eligibility point & EMD per channels are fixed. When a bidder bids for the channels in a city, the EMD & Eligibility point associated with the channels will get deducted from the initial eligibility point or EMD submitted by the bidder or eligibility point that the bidder carried forward in the various clock rounds. Therefore the total value of the EMD of selected channels should be equal to or less than the EMD deposited by the bidder.