Telecom intends to return its telecom license spectrum to the Indian government so that it can be put up for auction. Latin America India has an educated population located mainly in urban areas, but very few wire- line broadband connections. Residential broadband connections are based on Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). They are costly and not widely available. Thus, most people still use dial-up public switched network services for Internet access. The growing middle class, many of whom work in information technology ser- vices and software development, represent potential subscribers for mobile broadband. To help serve the need for broadband and to earn additional revenue from spectrum auctions, the government has announced plans for another auction of spectrum for 4G networks, which will add capacity for value-added services such as mobile banking over the long term. Currently, banking services are not available to most of the general public. It is hoped that availability of next-generation data networks will spur creation of plat- forms for mobile payment methods needed for e-commerce. Another impediment to the development and uptake of e-commerce is the lack of good roads in rural areas and in secondary cities over which to deliver equipment needed to build and maintain next-generation mobile networks. And because there are few doctors, applications that enable the analysis of X-rays and other diagnostic tests remotely over mobile broad- band links could increase the availability of healthcare. Although the standard of living is improving due to increased industrialization and growth in the service sector, there is still a high level of poverty. Bringing mobile services such as mobile banking to more of the population can help raise the standard of living in rural areas. This would enable more people to participate in e-commerce by developing small businesses. However, new services aimed at people below the poverty level will have to be priced extremely low to be affordable. An open question whether the growi