Spectrum Pricing

Spectrum pricing: Trai starts final meetings ahead of 10 Sept deadline

Telecom regulator Trai is holding internal meetings to finalise its recommendations on spectrum pricing for the third round of auctions as the 60-day time-frame given to it ends next week.

Telcos say high spectrum cost may increase call rates by 50%

Vodafone disagrees with 900 mhz pricing formula

Vodafone India is willing to pay for 900 mhz spectrum based on auction discovered price for 1800 mhz but disagrees with the pricing formula. At present, price for 900 mhz is two times that of 1800 mhz.

No change in policy to auction spectrum, says Sibal

Government does not intend to change the policy to auction spectrum for mobile phone operators, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told the Lok Sabha today.

Count, Chidu count, the difference between 40,000 cr and 380 cr

The government will only get Rs 376 crore from Vodafone and another Rs 2.9 crore from Bharti Airtel. In total, about Rs 380 crore.

Refarming: Telecom consolidation just got more expensive

Any telecom company buying another will have to pay a market-determined price for the spectrum owned by the latter.

From eGoM to eGone: Pranab dumps spectrum hot potato

The cancellation of the eGoM on spectrum shows that Pranab Mukherjee wants to avoid handling this controversial issue before he reaches Rashtrapati Bhawan

Telcos go to war as Chidu's spectrum EGoM meets today

The GSM versus CDMA war has broken out all over again as the spectrum EGoM meets with P Chidambaram in the chair on Thursday.

Unified telco licensing, free roaming norms in July

Migration to the new unified licensing will happen once the new guidelines for it are announced in July. Free national roaming will also happen after that.

2G scam no one talks about: Telcos got twice the spectrum

Somewhere along the line, the policy of giving 4.4 Mhz spectrum was changed to twice that amount through rewording and clarification.