India's telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) finally today proposed a base price for auction of 2G spectrum that is 7th time higher than the 3G auction price of 2010. The value of 2G spectrum has been pegged at Rs 7 lakh crore. According to TRAI's recommendation, For the the 900 mega hertz band (2G) a base price at Rs 7000 crore, which is twice the base price... Read More
In a major setback for mobile service operators, especially those whose mobile service licenses has been canceled by the Supreme Court under 2G verdict and who want to shut operations in India like Etisalat DB, STel and Loop Telecom ect., the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said there was no need for a separate exit policy. In its recommendations to the Department of Telecom (DoT), TRAI said "Presentiy there... Read More
After S Tel and Cheers Mobile /Etisalat DB, Now Loop Telecom whose mobile service licenses has been canceled by the Supreme Court under 2G verdict, has now come forward and asked all its GSM customers in 13 telecom circles (excluding Loop Mobile, Mumbai) to port out their mobile number to another operator using Mobile Number Portability (MNP) prior to the scheduled suspension of Loop Telecom's Mobile services in all respective... Read More
Cheers Mobile GSM service of Etisalat DB whose mobile service licenses has been canceled by the Supreme Court under 2G verdict, has advised its customers to transfer their mobile number to another operator using MNP prior to the scheduled suspension of Cheers Mobile services on 31st March,2012. In a statement posted in its official portal Cheers Mobile / Etisalat DB said "Customers are encouraged to 'port out' their Cheers mobile... Read More
India's GSM industry body COAI - The Cellular operators Association of India, today said that the Government has suffered a loss of Rs.51977 crore due to owing to license and related violations by the Dual-Technology operators (Tata Docomo and Reliance) in the country. COAI claims that Dual-Technology operators (GSM-CDMA) are in fact beneficiaries of a decision taken by DOT during the period September 2007 to March 2008. Decisions taken during... Read More
Cheers Mobile GSM service of Etisalat DB is all set to windup its India operations according to our sources Cheers Mobile will give 30 days time to its customers to PORT OUT from its service and PORT IN to another operator using Mobile Number Portability (MNP). Cheers Mobile / Etisalat DB whose mobile service licenses has been canceled by the Supreme Court under 2G verdict is a joint venture with... Read More
S Tel whose mobile service licenses has been canceled by the Supreme Court under 2G verdict has decided to wind-up its operations in all the six circles where it won licences in 2008. S Tel today launched "Online Portal" to help-out its customers to generate UPC code to port out from its network and swicth to any other operator using Mobile Number Potablity (MNP). The company said in a statement... Read More
Idea Cellular today filed clarificatory petitions in the Supreme Court regarding the apex court’s decision earlier this month canceling the 122 UAS licences. In an official statement,The operator said "Arising from the Supreme Court Order of 2nd February, 2012, Idea Cellular has today filed a ‘clarificatory application’ with the Registrar, restricted only to the UASL applications made by Idea in June 2006." Idea further states that "As noted by the... Read More
With Supreme Court’s verdict regarding cancellation of 122 licenses for 2G mobile services given in 2008 Credit Analysis and Research Ltd has come forward with a in depth analysis on future implication. Incumbents will be the beneficiaries Supreme Court verdict has negative implications for telecom sector, (more…) Read More
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