November 10th, 2017 11:17 AM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel & Idea Say No Need for Holding Spectrum Auctions Now

In separate written submissions to the telecom regulator's consultation paper on spectrum auction, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular said that there's no need now for holding spectrum auctions or even its consultation process in the current scenario where the industry is seeing declining profits and revenue due to intense competition. Vodafone, on the other hand, said that timing of auctions should take into account the financial situation of the industry... Read More

February 18th, 2015 8:30 PM 13 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio submits the highest Earnest Money Deposit for upcoming spectrum auction

The 8 telecom operators who have submitted applications for participating in the upcoming spectrum auctions charted to begin on 4th March have submitted their earnest money deposit(EMD). EMD translates to points which can be used by the operator to bid for spectrum blocks in the auction. It turns out that Reliance Jio has paid the highest EMD of around Rs.4500 crore, followed by Bharti Airtel which paid Rs.4336 crore, Idea... Read More

February 12th, 2014 12:48 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Voice and its Data Strategy: Our Take

Since its inception in Indian telecom, Reliance Industry's telecom arm Jio (formerly Infotel Broadband) is always on the news for the right reasons.  Reliance Jio has created so much hype in the country to change the country's digital vision that at present the competition is actually with themselves, to deliver what they promised. Though 4G is already launched in India by Airtel for more than one and half years it... Read More

September 15th, 2013 2:35 PM 18 COMMENTS

4G Round Up: Reliance Jio Inks Deals with KMC, Ciena & Tech Mahindra

Country's only pan-India 4G operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has signed a MoU agreement with Kolkata's city civic body - Kolkata Municipal Corporation to get the license to lay fiber optic cables across the metro. Tarun Jhunjhunwala, the business head and state mentor (east) of Reliance Jio and Mayor-in-Charge Atin Ghosh signed the deal. Reliance Jio will pay one-time fee of Rs 26 crore to city's civic body. Reliance Jio will... Read More

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