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26 Nov 2024

Govt’s Bank Guarantee Waiver To Cut Financial Burden On Telcos

The decision is expected to offer significant relief to leading telecom companies, especially Vodafone Idea, which collectively owe over Rs 30,000 crore in bank guarantees to the government.

17 May 2024

TRAI Extends Deadline To Get Comments On Spectrum Auction Consultation Paper

The comments/counter comments may be sent, preferably in electronic form on the email ID: advmn@trai.gov.in.

Spectrum Auction

02 Mar 2021

Spectrum auction 2021 concludes, fetches bids worth Rs 77,814.80 crore

Ministry of Communications on Tuesday said that the spectrum auction 2021 fetched bids worth Rs 77,814.80 crore. It was according to them 'better than expected'. The second and the concluding day of the spectrum auction witnessed incremental bids for Rs 668.20 crore.

Spectrum Auction

01 Mar 2021

Opening day of spectrum auction fetches bids worth Rs 77,146 crore

The opening day of spectrum auction fetched bids worth Rs 77,146 crore The participating companies include Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea The government said the response was better than they expected

16 Dec 2020

Cabinet okays next round of spectrum auction; Spectrum with 20 years' validity

A total of 2251.25 MHz is being offered. Total valuation of Rs. 3,92,332.70 crore. Successful bidders may pay entire bid amount in one go.

28 Jul 2020

Green signal for 4G spectrum auction soon

The government is planning to sell around 7,000 megahertz of radio waves in the auction.

Department of Telecom

18 May 2020

DoT to finalise auctioneer agency for conducting e-auction of spectrum on May

The DoT has selected 4 bidders on auctioneer-- agency that will develop and manage software for the auction.

Spectrum Auction

10 Sep 2019

Govt plans to complete spectrum auction by Nov-end: Sources

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said he hoped to complete the auction in the current calendar.

Aruna Sundararajan

23 Jul 2019

Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan likely to get 3-month extension

The Department of Telecom had recommended her extension from August 1 to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet and she is likely to get a three-month extension, said the sources. She had joined DoT as secretary in June 2017.

17 Dec 2018

DoT expects to complete due process for 5G spectrum auction by August

The 5G committee of the telecom ministry has said about 6,000 Mhz of spectrum can be made available without delay for the next generation mobile service.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

29 Nov 2018

Trai to initiate consultation on spectrum issues, valuation methodology in `19

Trai, in August this year, had recommended rules and prices for the next round of spectrum auction that included radiowaves for 5G mobile services and other bands.

22 Jun 2018

COAI favours 5G auctions only around second half of 2019

The advent of 5G is seen as the next technological frontier, and India is positioning itself as a globally synchronised player in the design, development and manufacturing of 5G-based technology, products and application.

Telecom regulator

25 Apr 2017

Consultation paper on spectrum auction in 15 days: Trai

Telecom regulator Trai expects to start the consultation process for the next round of spectrum auction in about a fortnight.

cellular operators

27 Mar 2017

COAI favours auction in 2018, wants market to settle down

Cellular operators' body COAI has said the government should not rush to spectrum auction this year and instead, allow the market to settle down in the wake of recent mergers and acquisitions.

Telecom companies

22 Mar 2017

'No plan yet to give telcos option to buy spectrum annually'

The government has no immediate plan to provide telecom companies with an option to buy spectrum annually, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said.

Spectrum Auction

02 Mar 2017

Govt's idea to auction spectrum every year progressive: Mittal

The government's proposal to auction spectrum every year has got a backer in Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, who however has said there is no need for sale of airwaves in coming fiscal.

Spectrum Auction

28 Feb 2017

Govt to seek TRAI views on auctioning spectrum every year

The government is looking at making spectrum auction an annual event and will reach out to sectoral regulator Trai for its recommendations, Telecom Secretary JS Deepak on Tuesday said.

03 Feb 2017

Aircel-Maxis deal: Reply to summons or be prepared to give up spectrum, SC tells Malaysian bizmen

Supreme Court made it clear that T Ananda Krishnan, Ralph Marshall of Malaysia's Maxis Group against whom summons were issued in Aircel-Maxis case must appear.

24 Oct 2016

Idea net plunges 88% to a trickle on Reliance Jio, spectrum impacts

Investments in network expansion, coupled with competition putting a pressure on pricing led the third largest telco Idea Cellular to report a huge decline in the September quarter net profit at Rs 90 crore.

19 Oct 2016

Spectrum auction: Vodafone, Tatas pay Rs 12,499 crore to DoT for purchase

Telecom operators Vodafone and Tata Teleservices Wednesday made payments of Rs 10,100 crore and Rs 2,300 crore, respectively, to the government for spectrum they bought in the recently-concluded auction.

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