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The base price, rollout obligations as well as licence fee terms and conditions have been maintained in the final IM. Under the revised framework, the regulator has reduced uplink speed benchmarks from 25% to 20% of downlink speeds for premium service. The amendments also shift performance measurement from minimum to median downlink speeds. According to the latest notification, changes have been introduced in the IM and licence template structure to further clarify compliance requirements, auction procedures, and post-award operational obligations for prospective operators. The notification forms part of the pre-auction documentation finalisation process. 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