Vodafone India has committed bids worth Rs 17,500 crore, the highest in the auction till now, pipping Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio , which committed bids worth 16,500 crore at the end of fourth day of bidding, Business Standard reported. The report said that Idea Cellular committed bids worth Rs 15,500 crore, followed by market leader Bharti Airtel at Rs 13,500 crore and Tata Teleservices at Rs 7,000 crore. Tata Teleservices... Read More
Today the auction completed its 4th day with 6 successful clock rounds taking the total to 23 rounds of bidding in the auction process this far. Even today the premium 700 MHz and 900 MHz bands maintained their virgin status. Most of the activity revolved around the 850 MHz and 1800 MHz bands with demand exceeding supply only in Rajasthan and UP east circles in the two bands respectively. The... Read More
Today the spectrum auction completed the third day with 6 successful rounds of bidding taking the total to 17 rounds. Even today there was no demand for 700 MHz and 900 MHz bands. Most of the action revolved around 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz bands since they are lower priced and have a good device ecosystem for 4G deployment. The 850 MHz band saw decent bidding activity, there was fresh... Read More
The second day of bidding at the spectrum auction came to a close today after 6 successful clock rounds taking the total to 11 rounds of bidding. Even today the premium 700 MHz and 900 MHz bands did not find any takers. The 850 MHz band today saw limited demand and only Gujarat circle saw fresh demand since the close of bidding on the first day. In no circle did... Read More
So the mega spectrum auction which everyone was anticipating finally kick started today. The auction began at 10 AM and went on till 7 PM, in the duration there were 5 successful clock rounds of bidding. The 700 MHz and 900 MHz bands did not see any demand in any of the circles. Total bid value at the end of day 1 was Rs. 53,531 crore. The 850 MHz saw... Read More
The department of telecommunications on Friday published the list of final bidders who are eligible for bidding for spectrum in the auctions commencing 1st of October 2016. The mega auction will see the government put for sale over 2350 MHz of spectrum across the 700/850/900/1800/2100/2300/2500 MHz bands. None of the 7 operators who had submitted applications withdrew it (Last date for withdrawing applications was 22nd Sept). The mock auctions will... Read More
The Indian telecom department (DoT) has deferred the upcoming mega spectrum auctions by two days to October 1, heeding to the telecom industry's demand to delay it by a few days to coincide with the navratras, a period considered auspicious by Hindus. The telecom department, in a revised Notice Inviting Application for spectrum auction, said, "For start of the auction 29th September READ start of the auction 1st October." The... Read More
As we shared earlier today, the DoT has released the Notice Inviting Applications (NIA), the legally-binding document for the spectrum auctions, outlining full details of how the government plans to sell airwaves to private telecom operators, including the eligibility requirements and the minimum earnest money which operators will have to deposit if they wish to participate in the auctions. The focus of this article is to give an in-depth view... Read More
The biggest ever auction of 2G, 3G and 4G spectrum will begin from September 29, following the release of the Notice Inviting Application (NIA) by the country’s telecom department (DoT) on Monday. NIA is a legally-binding document for the auctions that outlines all details of how the government plans to sell spectrum to telcos. It also specifies the eligibility requirements and the minimum earnest money which operators will have to... Read More
Telecom operators who won the spectrum allocation auction in recent March 2015 are likely to receive the spectrum soon, reports Economic Times. Last week, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued letter of intent (LoI) to players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm, who won the auction in March. This fast pace action seen in closing allocations is viewed as Modi government’s efforts to become... Read More
While speaking to press on the successful completion of spectrum auctions, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad ensured that all the auctions to be held in future will be transparent and done in a timely manner, providing enough time for the industry to prepare well in advance. He also denied the rumors that the spectrum is scarce. "We ensured the defence vacated spectrum and proved the rumors of spectrum being scarce... Read More
TRAI’s proposals on spectrum-sharing and trading guidelines submitted to Telecom Commission, the highest decision making body of Department of Telecom are returned to TRAI, as the Commission seeks more clarification on certain aspects mentioned in it. The meeting held yesterday had the presence of Minister of Telecom, Ravi Shankar Prasad and other senior officials of DoT. TRAI now needs to send the requested information back to the Commission within next... Read More
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