India’s and possibly World’s Biggest Telecom Spectrum Auction will go live on Oct 1st, 2016 amidst tepid demand from existing Indian operators. Global Telcos give it a miss due to fresh memories of Spectrum Scam and constantly changing policies with motive of massive corruption. The spectrum bands put to auctionContinue Reading
The Government has announced that Spectrum Usage Charge (SUC) will be a weighted average rate of individual rates for different bands, including 3% for spectrum won in the 2016 auction. The change is positive for Bharti, since telcos having 2300MHz that carries just 1% rate will benefit from its inclusionContinue Reading
Evey body was caught with a surprise when DoT revealed the earnest money deposits for the 2015 Mega Spectrum Auction as Reliance Jio turned out to be the highest depositor. Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio Infocomm already has a) Pan India 4G-BWA Spectrum in 2300 MHz band of 20 MhzContinue Reading
One of the best recommendations of TRAI ahead of the 2015 Telecom Spectrum Auction is to take back Spectrum to the tune of 1.2MHz in 900MHz band from BSNL on a PAN India Basis which could be used by other operators for 3G services. In return, BSNL should be givenContinue Reading
TRAI has released recommendations/ suggestions for next round of spectrum auctions expected to be conducted in Q1CY15. Key highlight of the recommendation paper is that the authority expects government to make available additional 900MHz and 3G spectrum from government agencies, and have a roadmap for spectrum supply in 700 /Continue 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
Spectrum auctions in India continued to drift along the lines we have seen in the past few days. The blended prices of 900MHz now up 84% above reserve price levels. Pan-India 1800 prices have now moved up 22% above reserve price levels with excess demand continuing in a few circles.Continue 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
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