India Telecom
Indian Telecom Regulator, TRAI has released its recommendations on reserve price for auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz band. Key recommendations are as follows, The pan-India reserve price of 800MHz is Rs26.85bn per MHz ~18% higher than the current price of 1800MHz ( Price Discovered in Feb-2014 1800Mhz Auction)Continue Reading
Dr Rahul Khullar, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), met some institutional investors and analysts, to share the regulator’s views on Indian telecom sector post the recent round of spectrum auctions. The regulator took credit of the recently concluded auction by saying Average spectrum holding of telecom operators inContinue Reading
The great Telecom Spectrum Auction in 1800Mhz and 900Mhz band which has given some clarity and stability to the Telecommunications sector on the policy front has met with mixed views amongst global institutional investors . Here are some views of the key analysts at various research entities, Jefferries in aContinue Reading
In the Open House Discussion for the forthcoming 900MHz and 1800MHz bands auction to be held on 23rd January 2014, India’s largest Wireless Operator Airtel and Second Largest Operator Vodafone strongly objected to the current auction rules where DoT will treat Airtel and Vodafone as new operators in the renewalContinue Reading
Our Associate in New Delhi attended the Department of Telecom (DoT) pre‐bid conference on the 20th December 2013. It was an eye opener as we get a sense that serious long‐term players will bid for contiguous 5MHz spectrum to complete or improve their data foot‐print while fringe players will waitContinue Reading
After repeated instructions from the Hon’ble Supreme Court and recommendations from every corner, the Department of Telecom just a while ago has put a Notice inviting Applications for the 1800Mhz and 900Mhz Telecom Spectrum Auction in India. All the Spectrum Auctions will be liberalized [Technology Neutral] and can be deployedContinue Reading
India’s Largest Integrated Telecommunications company Airtel and Reliance Jio have announced a comprehensive arrangement to share infrastructure created by both companies, including optic fiber network, towers, submarine cable networks and internet broadband services. The agreement can be extended in the future to cover roaming on 2G, 3G and 4G networks.Continue Reading
The Indian Telecom Minister along with Cabinet Colleagues have almost finalized on the Mergers & Acquisitions [M&A] Norms for the Telecom Service Providers. The following are the broad guidelines, The spectrum held by the merged entity in each circle will be capped at 50% of total available spectrum.Continue Reading
Sunil Mittal, founder Chairman of Bharti Airtel Ltd had an impeccable record in the industry until 2007. Like many other Indian Businessmen, his decision to move away from his Core Business of Telecommunication Services by diverting Funds and Energy with unrelated venture into Retailing [which was another bad marriage withContinue Reading
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