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Telecom Comm ask Trai to rework spectrum proposals
Sindhu •The Telecom Commission has asked the regulator to rethink on three issues: refarming spectrum, the reserve prices, and liberalisation of spectrum.
Trai and Trai again: Telcos now warn of 100% tariff hikes
Fp Editors •First they talked of a 25-30 percent tariff hike. But now GSM mobile operators are warning of 100 percent hikes if Trai's spectrum ideas are implemented.
Reprieve for Bharti, Voda on 'refarming' spectrum likely
Sindhu •The government may not adopt the telecom regulator's proposals to redistribute 800-900 Mhz spectrum in toto.
13-fold hike in spectrum fee will force Telenor to exit India
Fp Archives •Trai last week recommended that the government should auction 5 MHz of airwaves in the 1800 MHz band and companies will have to pay a minimum Rs 3,622.18 crore for every unit of spectrum
Vodafone again: Co cries foul over vacating 900 Mhz
Sindhu •Vodafone says the Trai proposal to redistribute the 900 Mhz spectrum will affect 100 million users and be enormously expensive.
Spectrum: Sibal's plot or are telcos protesting too much?
Jagannathan •A close look at the missive sent by five telecom companies to Kapil Sibal shows that they may be protesting too much.
Ignore the telcos: Tariffs won't rise more than 2-4 paise a min
Sindhu •The big telecom companies may have to pay more for spectrum, but the tariff hikes needed to pay for it may be no more than2-4 paise per minute.
Is 3G a goner? Experts say Trai plan will kill 3G telecom
Sindhu •Even while Trai's new spectrum proposals has shocked the industry, industry experts say one clear casualty will be 3G services.
Sistema takes Rs 3,700 cr hit on cancelled licences
Sindhu •Sistema which lost 21 licences in the 2 February SC order, has taken a hit of $700 million for this setback. Despite the writeoff Sistema is unlikely to pull the plug on the Indian telecom sector.
Trai spectrum grenade will cripple telecom, say experts
Sindhu •Equity analysts are unanimous that Trai's spectrum pricing proposals are going to make a bad situation worse and feel they will have to be modified.