After the run away success of the 2015 Mega Telecom Spectrum Auction in 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 band, telecom tariff hike has become inevitable for Telecom Operators to expand their Network and maintain their balance sheet in black. Since the incumbents do not have major renewals of the typeContinue Reading
The Big 3 of Indian Telecom – Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular abide by the tested strategy of maintaining / increasing the 900 MHz portfolio along with increasing 3G/4G FDD footprint. Incumbents A-Vo-Id Group put their strategy as to what their Revenue Model Says – Voice to 3G Mobile DataContinue Reading
The Department of Telecom (DoT) conducted a pre‐bid conference for addressing the queries and concerns of the stakeholders for the upcoming 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz mega spectrum auction in Feb 2015. One of the major points of discussion was the block size of 5 MHz for 900 MHzContinue Reading
The Narendra Modi led BJP Government has moved swiftly to conduct the Largest Telecom Spectrum Auction across four bands 800MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz in India beginning Feb-25-2015. After a series of Scams during the Corrupt Congress regime and a headless move to impose retrospective tax on Vodafone with constitutionalContinue Reading
The Indian Telecom Regulator TRAI, in a bold move has recommended auctioning 15-20 MHz (3-4 blocks of 5 MHz each) of 2100 band spectrum [3G Spectrum] in the upcoming auctions along with 900 and 1800 spectrum. TRAI expressed strong disagreement with not auctioning 2100 spectrum at all or auctioning aContinue Reading
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India – TRAI hosted an Open House discussion on valuation and reserve price of the upcoming auction of 2100MHz spectrum band. This event was part of TRAI’s consultation process before finalizing its recommendation to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) over the next few weeks.Continue Reading
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