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Google eyeing India WiMax spectrum auction-paper

Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:48pm EDT

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NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O) may bid for WiMax radio waves in India's upcoming auction, the Business Standard reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed industry sources.

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India is set to auction third-generation (3G) and WiMax radio waves in January and foreign firms are allowed to participate in the auction although they will have to form a joint venture with a local firm if they win spectrum and can have a maximum of 74 percent stake in the venture.

As an alternative, Google could be just a technology partner to a telecom service provider, the paper said.

Google could not be immediately reached by Reuters for a comment. The paper said a Google spokesperson in India declined to comment. (Writing by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Jarshad Kakkrakandy)

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