September 14th, 2016 7:46 PM 79 COMMENTS

Airtel, Voda, Idea, Jio, RCom, TTSL & Aircel apply to bid in largest spectrum auction

India’s top telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, along with Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices, Aircel and Reliance Jio have submitted their applications to participate in the upcoming spectrum auction. Norway-based Telenor didn’t submit its application for the spectrum auction. The largest-ever spectrum auction is scheduled to start from October 1, and it will see spectrum worth Rs 5.63 lakh crore go on sale. Spectrum in all bands --... Read More

July 27th, 2016 12:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian govt to miss revenue target from telecom sector despite auctions: ICRA

ICRA said that Indian government is expected to miss revenue target from the telecom sector this financial, despite the planned mega-spectrum auction in September. “As per the budget estimates for FY2017, receipts from telecommunications are expected at Rs. 98,995 crore. However, ICRA expects it to be lower,” said Harsh Jagnani, VP – Corporate Ratings, ICRA Limited. However, the contributions from the telecom sector in FY2017 will still be sizeable, as... Read More

June 9th, 2015 5:45 PM 5 COMMENTS

Speedy closure for spectrum allocation processes: Report

Telecom operators who won the spectrum allocation auction in recent March 2015 are likely to receive the spectrum soon, reports Economic Times. Last week, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued letter of intent (LoI) to players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm, who won the auction in March. This fast pace action seen in closing allocations is viewed as Modi government’s efforts to become... Read More

May 20th, 2015 6:21 PM 14 COMMENTS

Call tariff hike of 20 percent can be expected due to auctions : Report

In lieu of the auctions, telecom operators in Gujarat may decide to increase the voice call charges by 9 paise per minute, which will constitute around 20 percent hike over the next few months, reports Economic Times (ET). In the spectrum auction to renew 900MHz spectrum, the telecom operators spent between Rs. 3000 crore to Rs. 7000 crore in circles like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, UP-East and UP-West. The... Read More

March 4th, 2015 8:04 AM 21 COMMENTS

Auction special: 900MHz licence renewals, what do the incumbents have at stake?

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

January 31st, 2015 3:15 PM 1 COMMENTS

India releases details on 2100 MHz band spectrum for the March 2015 auctions

The Narendra Modi government has issued details for auctioning 5 Mhz of the 2100 MHz spectrum across 17 out of 22 service areas at a pan-India base price of Rs 3,705 crore per megahertz for the auctions scheduled for March 4, 2015. "Amendment No.2 (including details of 2100 MHz band) to Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for Auction of Spectrum in 2100MHz, 1800MHz, 900MHz and 800MHz bands has been issued by... Read More

November 18th, 2014 11:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Spectrum wars: DoT likely to decide February 23 2015 as the date for auction, operators to battle it out

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 to a report. It is believed that Department of Telecommunication (DoT) will finalise the agency which will conduct the auction process, tomorrow. The next round of auctions are set for spectrum held by mobile operators - Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Reliance Communication - as some... Read More

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