Airwaves

Spectrum bids may not surpass Rs 80,000 cr due to stressed balance sheet: HSBC

Bharti Airtel to acquire Aircel's 4G spectrum in 8 circles for Rs 3,500 cr; debt may rise by Rs 10k cr

The country’s telecom operators have a combined debt of more than Rs 3.5 lakh crore on annual revenues of more than Rs 2 lakh crore

Google says will not participate in 2016 U.S. airwaves auction

Alphabet Inc's Google will not participate in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's upcoming auction of broadcast airwaves that can help the wireless industry improve coverage, a spokeswoman told Reuters.

2G: Telcos to challenge one-time spectrum fee

India's leading telecom players are likely to challenge a government demand for surcharges totalling more than Rs 23,000 crore on their airwave holdings and may drag the government to court

Spectrum: EGoM to discuss mortgaging of airwaves today

Finance and Telecom Ministry are also working on a tripartite agreement to facilitate financing of payment for spectrum auction.

Spectrum pricing: Why Sibal is right and Yashwant Sinha wrong

Why would telcos want to begin bidding at a very high base prices for spectrum bands which are anyway not going to hold as much value as before for them?