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Ria Lakshman May 15th, 2015 7:23 PM 1 COMMENTS

Auctions will be held on time, there is no scarcity of spectrum, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

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

Tharun G April 18th, 2015 4:41 PM 64 COMMENTS

Airtel strengthens its stronghold in Indian telecom space post auction

After the recent auction was concluded, Bharti Airtel now holds the largest amount of spectrum across airwaves in 2100MHz, 1800MHz and 900MHz. Airtel had spend a total of Rs 29,130.20 crore in the last auction. While Idea and Vodafone were busy renewing their 900MHz spectrum Airtel was shopping for additional spectrum after it renewed its expiring spectrum. 3G spectrum in 21 circles Airtel now stands to offer 3G service in all circles expect... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 10th, 2015 4:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom companies paid the upfront dues of spectrum auction

Telecom companies who acquired airwaves during the last month’s auction paid their upfront amount balance with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) by paying Rs. 18,000 crore. The deadline for the making the payments was Thursday. The seven operators, who won the bids had to pay an initial amount of Rs. 28,872 crore, with the rest in installments after a two-year moratorium. The payments have helped the Government to meet its... Read More

Esmail April 2nd, 2015 1:35 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Rjio pay Rs. 11,000 crore to government as part upfront payment in current fiscal

In the recently concluded sale of airwaves the three incumbent operators committed a sum in the range of 30,000 crore each for winning back their expiring spectrum in non-metro circles and also to acquire fresh spectrum for 4G services. As per the rules laid down, the operators are required to pay 25% of the total winning bid price within the first 10 days post conclusion of the auction. DOT had... Read More

Esmail March 27th, 2015 5:03 PM 74 COMMENTS

Reliance communications becomes first operator to possess pan India contiguous 800MHz spectrum

Reliance communications have declared that in the recently concluded auction it has emerged as the only operator to now possess Pan India contiguous 800MHz spectrum upwards of 5MHz. Rcom plans to use this spectrum for a large scale FD-LTE rollout. Rcom has licences in 7 circles in 900MHz band which are expiring in December 2015, out of which it has managed to win back 900MHz spectrum in Himachal Pradesh and... Read More

Esmail March 27th, 2015 1:38 PM 15 COMMENTS

Spectrum auction 2015: 800MHz band Final list of winning operators

The 800MHz band was the ‘Googly’ of the recently concluded auctions. Before this auction, no other operator had shown interest in bidding for spectrum in this band. The Feb 2012 order in which Supreme Court had quashed 122 newly awarded licences included 21 licences of MTS in 800MHz band. MTS had stayed away from the Nov 2012 auction citing high reserve price of 800MHz band and requested for extension of... Read More

Esmail March 27th, 2015 10:46 AM 20 COMMENTS

Spectrum auction 2015: 900MHz band Final list of winning operators

The 900MHz band was the centre of all action and the waterloo of the incumbent operators. It was this band that is responsible for adding the maximum amount of money in the government’s kitty in the recently concluded auction. The 4 operators Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Rcom had licences in many of their existing operational circles coming up for renewal in 2015 and 2016 and in many of those circles... Read More

Esmail March 27th, 2015 3:51 AM 32 COMMENTS

Spectrum auction 2015: 1800MHz Final list of winning operators

The 1800MHz band had a double significance in the recently concluded auction, for one it was a viable fall-back band for an operator who lost his 900MHz spectrum and needed an alternate band to continue its 2G services and the other it was usable for 4G services on FD-LTE platform with a mature ecosystem of devices. All operators who participated in the auction apart from Uninor bought spectrum in this... Read More

Esmail March 27th, 2015 3:08 AM 18 COMMENTS

Spectrum auction 2015: 2100MHz band final list of winning operators

The spectrum auction concluded on Wednesday 25th March after 19 days and 115 rounds of bidding where 8 operators competed against each other to winning airwaves required for telecommunication. In the 2100MHz band, the government had put up 5MHz each in 17 circles for auction, out of which spectrum in 14 circles was sold and that in 3 circles remained unsold. The entire spectrum in the 14 circles was bought... Read More

P K Tarun March 26th, 2015 9:32 PM 27 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio announces acquisition of Spectrum in the 800MHz and 1800MHz bands

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd announces that it has successfully acquired the right to use spectrum in 13 key circles across India in the recently concluded spectrum auction conducted by DoT, Government of India. Circle wise details of Circle wise details of spectrum acquired are provided in the following table: Circles 800MHz band 1800MHz band Assam 5.0 Bihar 5.0 Haryana 5.0 4.0 Himachal Pradesh 5.0 5.4 Jammu & Kashmir 5.0 Kolkata... Read More