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
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
Today the largest spectrum auction in the history of Indian telecom ended after 19 days and 115 rounds of bidding. Approximately 89% of the total spectrum put up for sale was sold and the total bid amount reached Rs. 1,09,874 crore. A total of 8 telecom operators including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea cellular, Reliance Jio, Reliance communications, Tata Docomo, Aircel and Uninor had participated in the auction. A total... Read More
The auction completed 6 rounds of bidding bringing the total to 110 rounds since the start of the auction process. By the end of the 110th round for the first time there was no surplus demand for spectrum in any band in any circle, but this does not mean that the auction is over yet. "The bidding is taking place in all bands. Brisk bidding was seen on 18th day of... Read More
Use of radio frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum is regulated by governments in most countries, in a Spectrum management process known as frequency allocation or spectrum allocation. Radio propagation does not stop at national boundaries which is why governments have sought to harmonise the allocation of RF bands and their standardization. A number of bodies work on standards for frequency allocation, including: International Telecommunication Union (ITU) European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) ... Read More
If you are planning for investing on an LTE-ready smartphone, just wait for few days. The reason is simple - India will see different types of LTE network in coming days. With prepaid dominated MNP-ready market, Indian users are least loyal to their operators. As of now Airtel has launched their LTE services in the country for smartphone users. Second LTE operator Aircel has launched services in fewer pockets via... Read More
Reliance communications the largest Pan India operator has been successful in gaining a large share of the Data market. With its innovative and value for money offerings, it is popular with the price sensitive market. zero plan is a unique offering by Rcom where it gives true unlimited Voice, Text and Data usage including roaming to subscribers. This offer was initially limited only to new handset purchases and CDMA subscribers.... Read More
The auction process completed 6 rounds of bidding bringing the total up to 86 rounds since the start of the auctions. Brisk bidding was seen on the 14th day of bidding, with activity requirement set at 100 percent. There was robust bidding in 1800MHz and 800MHz bands," the Department of Telecom (DoT) said in a statement. Sources said five circles in 800 MHz, two circles in 1800 MHz and one circle in... Read More
Reliance retail the subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance industries is all set to launch its e-commerce website for online shopping and all India delivery by April end or early May. The company is hiring employees for the launch of services, 2000 new employees have been hired for the e-commerce store and around another 8000 for the delivery and logistics chain. Reliance is looking at replicating the business model of... Read More
Today the auction process completed 6 rounds bringing the total up to 55 rounds. The total bid amount dipped from Rs. 1,02,057 Crore yesterday to Rs. 1,01,432 Crore today. The total quantum of spectrum provisionally allocated increased to 87%. Bidding activity was observed in all 4 bands. By the end of round 55 there was no surplus demand for 2100MHz in any circle. In 1800MHz band there was excess demand... Read More
The spectrum auction has completed its 5th day with 7 clock rounds of bidding bringing the total to 31 rounds. It is projected that the total bid amount crossed Rs.94,000 Crore today surpassing the 86,000 Crore target set by the government. By the end of the 31st round, there were no fresh bids for the 2100MHz spectrum. In the 1800 MHz band, there was surplus demand only in Kolkata circle.... Read More
Today was the first day of the spectrum auction of 800, 900, 1800 and 2100MHz bands. The bidding process completed 6 clock rounds today. At the end of 6 rounds of bidding there was excess demand for 900MHz spectrum in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, UP East and UP West, and demand was equal to the spectrum available in Bihar and Rajasthan circles. In the 1800MHz band, there was excess demand... Read More
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