The wait is finally over as the big day has arrived. The largest spectrum auction in the history of Indian telecom industry is set to commence today as 800MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz bands go up for sale. The government will be auctioning 380.75 MHz of spectrum in 800, 900 and 1800MHz bands and 85MHz in 2100MHz band. A total of 8 telecom operators will be bidding for spectrum out... Read More
DOT has published the list of pre-qualified bidders for March 5th spectrum auction. TATA and Aircel will not be allowed to bid for new spectrum as both companies have declared negative net worth. They are only allowed to buy additional spectrum in circles where they already offering its services. In the list of pre-qualified bidders, Bharti Airtel has the highest net worth at Rs 73069.60 crores followed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Rs 23029.58 cores.... Read More
The biggest ever spectrum auction in the history of the Indian telecom industry is coming up next month and is slated to begin on 4th March 2015. The government will be putting up 380.75MHz of spectrum in the 800, 900, 1800MHz bands and 85MHz in the 2100MHz band and is expecting to garner a minimum of 80,000 crore rupees from this auction. Where does all this money come from and... Read More
Earlier today we shared with you how the four telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel and Uninor had submitted applications for the spectrum auction to commence in March 2015. Today being the last day for submission of applications, we were expecting to see the other operators also apply. Now in the recent developments, Idea cellular, Rcom, DoCoMo and Rjio have also submitted their applications for the auction. As we shared... Read More
Four telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel and Uninor have submitted their applications for participating in the spectrum auctions charted to begin on 4th March 2015. So far, state owned BSNL, MTNL and Russian operator SSTL have decided to not participate in the upcoming auctions. MTNL and BSNL cited the lack of urgency in buying spectrum while SSTL cited the high base price as the reason for, not participating. Most of... Read More
The telecom ministry has moved Supreme Court of India (SCI) against any stay on the upcoming auction of spectrum slated to start from March 4 if any group submits a plea for a stay. The case is expected to come up for hearing today. The government has decided to auction the 2G bands in March, 2015. DoT will also be releasing a block of 2100 MHz or the 3G band... Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday returned the clarifications sought by the Telecom Commission and kept the base price of 3G spectrum unchanged at Rs 2,720 crore per megahertz stating all spectrum in 2100 MHz band. In its reply, TRAI said that it stands by its pricing of 3G spectrum at Rs 2,720 crore per megahertz and that it would be auctioned on February 25. A week ago, the... Read More
The 20-year licence for 900 MHz for Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India for Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata circles lapsed, a month ago. But the same time, department of telecommunications (DoT) has approved to offer a 45-day extension (till January 14, 2015) to Bharti Airtel and Vodafone for migrating to new frequencies. So that users of the both telecom service providers will not impact till new licences are allotted. 3G... Read More
The union cabinet, headed by PM Narendra Modi today gave principal approval for DOT's proposal to auction spectrum in 800, 900 & 1800 MHz bands. Government expect to fetch a whooping Rs 64,840 crore from largest spectrum auction in Indian history. The cabinet approved proposed price band of Rs 3646 Cr for pan India spectrum in 800Mhz band, Rs. 3980 Cr for pan India(excluding Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta, and Jammu & Kashmir) in 900Mhz and Rs... Read More
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has decided to split the 2G and 3G/4G auction which plans to sell 3G and 4G spectrum by May 2015. This is a negative development compared to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommendations, which was to auction all the spectrum simultaneously. The spectrum auction for telecom services is expected to start from February 23, 2015, a few days later than suggested by a ministerial group, according... Read More
Telecom Commission will meet on November 7th to discuss the upcoming spectrum auction. The commission will also discuss on National Optical Fibre Network project and indoor wireless telephony. Government is planning to auction a total of 104 units of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band and 184 units in the 900 MHz band, next February. Most of this spectrum is held by Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications and... Read More
The telecom department has finally completed allotting a major part of the 1,800 MHz spectrum it auctioned earlier this year. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Uninor were the companies that won it. Bharti Airtel is awaiting allocation of the more efficient 900 MHz spectrum secured in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. On the other hand, Vodafone has been allocated a portion of the 900 MHz spectrum it... Read More
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