For the first time, the telcos are going for the 700 MHz airwaves in India. This has been surprising for the analysts as well. Telcos had avoided the 700 MHz airwaves in the past because of the high reserve price issue. But this time, Jio has likely made big bets on the 700 MHz airwaves. The special thing about the 700 MHz frequency is the enhanced coverage that it can... Read More
It is the mid-band spectrum that is going to make the most impact for 5G on a large scale. The mid-band spectrum in the 3.3 GHz to 3.67 GHz range saw strong bidding on the first two days of the auction. Telcos can use this frequency range to offer 5G with both proper coverage and proper speeds. According to ICICI Securities, Reliance Jio has likely increased the bid quantity to... Read More
The spectrum auction has been extended to Day 3, which will be tomorrow - Thursday. It started on Tuesday (July 26, 2022) and now will see bidders coming into action for the third day. It is interesting to think about the spectrum auction right now as there were many who thought that the telcos wouldn't spend much money because the spectrum pricing is quite expensive. However, what has happened is... Read More
Day 2 of 5G Spectrum Auction 2022 ended with five clock rounds completed today, taking the total number of clock rounds to nine. It is good to see that telcos are bidding on the 700 MHz band, which is a sub-GHz band and is a prime band required for 5G coverage. Sub-GHz Bands in Auction: Fresh Bands: 600 MHz, 700 MHz Existing Bands: 800 MHz, 900 MHz Although the 700... Read More
The D-Day is finally here! India is getting its first ever 5G spectrum auction today. Airwaves in 10 different frequency bands will be available for the operators to bid for. Adani Group is also here for the spectrum bidding, and while many expected the Adani Group to raise the bidding war, it is not going to happen. The Adani Group submitted an EMD (Earnest Money Deposit) of Rs 100 crore... Read More
The big day for the 5G Spectrum Auction is almost here. Spectrum acquisition in new bands, toppings in existing bands and circles depend on the subscriber base, spectrum coming to expiry in the near term, demand and future planning. Here's a circle-wise overview of total spectrum holdings of Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea with wireless subscriber numbers of May 2022 as per TRAI data. Telco with Highest and Lowest Spectrum... Read More
Spectrum Auction 2022, an auction that enables India to launch 5G, is hardly a few days away. While consumer usage of 5G is a different story that we may discuss later, the entire focus now is on the spectrum auction. For those not from a technical background and who wish to understand the basics of the spectrum in the context, this story can be of some help as we tried... Read More
India’s soon going to see a 5G spectrum auction. The Cabinet has finally given the nod for it. There’s no official announcement yet, but the sources tell BusinessToday that the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved spectrum pricing for the 5G auction on Tuesday. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will immediately start working on releasing Notice Inviting Applications (NIA). Once the DoT has released NIA, it... Read More
The telecom operators are likely to be unhappy after hearing the stance of the Digital Communications Commission (DCC). The DCC, an inter-ministerial panel with the telecom secretary as its chairman, has backed the recommendations provided by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for the upcoming 5G spectrum auctions. The body has said that airwaves in the 27.5 GHz to 28.5 GHz should be reserved for the satellite broadband service... Read More
The satellite communications (satcom) service providers and the telecom or terrestrial network service providers (TSPs) have contradicting views when it comes to spectrum auctions. First of all, the satcom sector didn’t want India to hold an auction for allocating airwaves for satellite services. Instead, the satcom players were looking forward to an administrative allocation of spectrum. There is a demand from the satcom sector for reserving frequencies in the mmWave... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator will be able to benefit from the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on spectrum surrender guidelines. Not just Vodafone Idea, but Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio will also be able to benefit from this. But the position where Vi is in currently, the recommendations on spectrum surrender guidelines will make a huge difference in the telco’s business. So what... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently came out with recommendations for the 5G spectrum auctions. The regulatory body recommended a price cut on spectrum bands. But the interesting thing to note here is that the price cut was done keeping in mind a period of 20 years. However, when 30 years are considered, the reserve price recommendations are higher than what the industry would have expected. The industry... Read More
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What kind of logic is this? Band 28 is exclusively used for coverage and not for speeds. They have mmwave…
Band 28 is just for VoNR and coverage. There is no other usage. Inside home, 20-50Mbps on an average. ARPU…
This is not going to happen. Vi is empty network everywhere now. 33 crore to less than 20 crore within…
where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
