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
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) comprising Mr. Kapil Sibal has reverted to TRAI for fresh recommendations on the spectrum reserve price for the third round of auctions. The Honorable Supreme Court of India had ordered the Auction of all 1800MHz Spectrum cancelled in the 2G Spectrum Scam, but Sibal’sContinue Reading
The A-Vo-Id Cartel comprising of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular intensified its war on cancellation of GSM Spectrum awarded to Tata DoCoMo / Tele Services during the 2G Spectrum Scam under then Telecommunications Minister A. Raja and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. The fresh onslaught begins today as the A-Vo-IdContinue Reading
MTS India’s go forward plan involves sharpening the Company’s focus on its data centric-voice enabled strategy and to build a stronger MTS brand in the country. Company’s bidding strategy in the auctions considered a range of variables including spectrum pricing, number of carrier slots available, levels of competition, future dataContinue Reading
The Indian Government [Read Politicians and Bureaucrats] despite being recommended several times to come up with a Blueprint / Roadmap for the Indian Telecommunications sector lack the will to do it, and the reasons are obvious, to please some businessmen within the Oligarchic setup and of course get their cutContinue Reading
The Results of 1800MHz Spectrum Auction 2012 are as I had expected – Failure in Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka etc. Other important highlights of the Auction are as follows, Of the 18 circles that saw bids, the winning price did not exceed the reserve price for 17 circles, means Demand wasContinue Reading
The Indian Government levied Additional Spectrum Fees for Wireless Carriers in India using 1800MHz band to provide GSM based mobile Services. Decision on 800MHz band used for CDMA Services will be taken separately. The Scam scarred Government has tried to strike a fine balance with incumbent operators Airtel, Vodafone, IdeaContinue Reading
The Indian Cabinet Ministers [eGOM ] finalized a set of recommendations to impose a one-time fee on the incumbent operators on spectrum in excess of 4.4MHz in the GSM segment and 2.5 MHz in the CDMA segment. The cut-off is lower than the earlier-anticipated 6.2Mhz. While the charge is largelyContinue Reading
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