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
Idea Cellular the Pure Play Wireless Telecommunications service provider in India is inching closer to 1800MHz PAN India Spectrum as the Auctions began this morning. Why Kumar Birla Pomoted Idea Will Bid Aggressively in Spectrum Auction ? Idea Cellular is promoted by Aditya Birla Group. A.V.Birla’s Management DNA is veryContinue 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 so called Indian Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) who slept over the 2G Spectrum Scam now have decided on partial re-farming of the 900MHz spectrum, wherein incumbent operators [Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Telecom(GSM), Idea] can retain up to 2.5MHz of spectrum and have to surrender the remaining spectrum for auction.Continue Reading
One of the surprise bidders at this exuberant price of Spectrum is Videocon Telecommunications. Videocon on its website lists as a $5Bn conglomerate but if you see the market capitalization of its flagship Videocon Industries, it is mere $1Bn and add another $1Bn for its unlisted energy ventures, that’s it.Continue Reading
Once upon a time Indian Telecom / Wireless space was one of the most lucrative market that even companies in Real Estate, Industrial Metals to IT – such as Parsvnath, Allianz Infratech, Tuplip IT, JSW, Sterlite, etc dreamt of becoming Bharti Airtel. However, with A. Raja engineering a massive multi-billionContinue Reading
The 900MHz Telecom Spectrum Refarming in India has been on a Flip Flop for over a year now. Now that the Telecom Commission has recommended that entire spectrum in the 900MHz band should be re-farmed, existing holders like BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone, etc will have to relinquish their spectrum allotted inContinue Reading
Continuing our coverage on Spectrum Auction Pre-Bid Conference Outcome – Read Part-1 and Part-2. As covered in Part-1, bidders with cancelled license have no Guarantee that they will end up getting the same frequency slot in auction. DoT clarifies that Frequency reconfiguration within the same band may be carried out,Continue Reading
DoT in the Pre-Bid Q&A clarifies that any Spectrum Won in an Auction is Truly Liberalized. What does DoT mean by Spectrum in 1800Mhz & 800Mhz being Liberalized ? Telecom Operators may use the allocated spectrum bands for deploying services in the following technologies GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE and WiMAXContinue Reading
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