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
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
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
In response to the 2G Spectrum Scam, TRAI had issued a Consulting Paper on Auction of Spectrum and had slipped in questions on the auction of 700 MHz Spectrum. Here are the responses of various stake holders, Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel wants to grab 700 MHz We would recommend thatContinue Reading
Over the past 2 years we have been writing about the Telecom Spectrum Scam right under the nose of Distinguished Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh and his former colleague A. Raja the Master Mind 🙂 Here is the list of License Allottees From Serial Number 51 to SerialContinue Reading
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