Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

After the coming of Reliance Jio into the telecom sector back in 2016, the other telecom operators faced heavy competition and some ceded to it very early on. Some of the names in this data tariff war which could not survive the financial wrath included Aircel and Tata Teleservices. Although Aircel decided to wrap up its operations and slipped into insolvency, Tata Teleservices did not meet such an unfortunate fate as Bharti Airtel agreed to merge its operations with the company and made an acquisition offer. Now, Trai in its latest notice, has directed Tata Teleservices to surrender the spectrum which it is holding in many circles.

Tata Teleservices to Give Up 800 MHz Spectrum in 15 Circles
On June 10, Trai issued a direction to Tata Teleservices to surrender its spectrum which it is holding in the 800 MHz band. To recall, TTSL in its letter dated October 31, 2018, had agreed to surrender its administratively allocated spectrum which it held in various circles in the 800 MHz band. The telco had also informed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) about the same in a letter dated October 22, 2018.
With this announcement, TTSL will be giving up 3.75 MHz of administratively allocated spectrum in 800 MHz band in Delhi licensed service area and 2.50 MHz of administratively allocated spectrum in 800 MHz band in fifteen licensed service areas namely, Haryana, Gujarat, Kolkata, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh (West), Uttar Pradesh (East), Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa.