Spectrum Auction

TRAI contests 'muted spectrum demand' view; says 5G, LTE will drive hunger for radiowaves

Trai's recommendations on reduced rates for 700 Mhz band took into account the price of the spectrum that was recently auctioned in markets like Singapore, Germany, Denmark, Turkey, and Taiwan.

Telecom regulator TRAI makes recommendations on spectrum pricing for next round of auction

The regulator has recommended base price of Rs 3,285 crore per megahertz for 1800 Mhz band on pan India basis

Telecom Body COAI says appetite for additional spectrum will be felt in late 2018 or early 2019

In its consultation paper issued today, TRAI has asked as to when the next round of auction should be held and whether it should be held in a phased manner.

TRAI says consultation paper on spectrum auction "ready" and will be released within the week

During the last auction, the government and TRAI had put airwaves worth Rs. 5.66 lakh crores for sale.

Arun Jaitley says banks' exposure to telecom sector at Rs 97,681 cr 'highly unsustainable'

State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman pointed out that stress in the telecom sector has reached "highly unsustainable levels" due to erosion of topline and earnings of the service providers.

Trai is planning to release a consultation paper on the spectrum sale timeline

Trai will start the consultation process for the next round of spectrum auction in about a fortnight.

COAI asks the government to hold spectrum auction in 2018 citing recent mergers

COAI emphasised that the next round of sale of airwaves should ideally be scheduled in 2018.

Telecom regulator Trai will share recommendations when asked by the government

Regulator Trai today said it will be "happy" to give its recommendations to the government on spectrum auctions, including timing and pricing aspects, as and when the matter is referred to it.

Spectrum auction: Steep pricing of 700 MHz keeps operators away; govt set to lose Rs 4 lakh crore

The auction, which was billed as the country's largest sale of airwaves to date in terms of quantity, lasted only for five days.

Low-interest spectrum auction may still improve data bandwidth, services

Though the latest round of spectrum auction by the Indian government did not attract the fancy of the operators much, it will benefit customers by providing better service, feel industry experts.