High spectrum prices in the just concluded auctions are likely to put financial pressure on the Indian telecom operators who will eventually pass on the impact in form of rise in tariffs
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad held a meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss the upcoming spectrum auction and using the revenue generated to meet government’s fiscal deficit target for current
In order to give recommendations for spectrum auction, sectoral regulator Trai has sought more details from DoT regarding the quantum of spectrum which has been allocated to telecom operators in 900MHz and
Industry chamber Assocham on Monday said it has asked the Defence Ministry to release about 650MHz of spectrum for telecom services to help meet the country’s objective of expanding broadband services. “Assocham
GSM industry body COAI has asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to allow reconfiguration of airwaves in the 1800MHz band in order to create contiguous blocks of spectrum. In a letter to
GSM and CDMA players were a divided house over the valuation and reserve price of 800MHz band, used for offering CDMA services. During an open house discussion organised by sectoral regulator Telecom
Sistema Shyam Teleservices, which operates under the MTS brand, on Wednesday termed as “unfair” Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) proposed view that SSTL be restricted from buying CDMA spectrum in auction
NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecom is likely to conduct the third round of spectrum auction by January and expects to garner a minimum revenue of about Rs 11,000 crore this fiscal, a top official said. Replying to
Vodafone India has launched ‘free’ incoming national roaming packs for its pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. Vodafone has introduced a special tariff voucher for its pre-paid subscribers which costs Rs. 5 and gives
Vodafone is the second company to be allocated spectrum among firms that took part in November 2012 bidding. Vodafone has been allocated spectrum for 14 circles it had successfully won in November