Mon, Mar 11, 2024
The last telecom spectrum auction was held in 2022, wherein the government bagged record proceeds of Rs 1,50,173 crore. The upcoming auction will be the second such auction after telecom reforms implemented in September 2021.
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Mon, Aug 01, 2022
The biggest ever spectrum auction in India ended on Monday. In this auction that lasted for 7 days, there was a record sale of 5G telecom spectrum worth more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore. The UP East circle has more than 10 crore mobile subscribers and there is a tough competition between Reliance Jio and Airtel for the spectrum. It is important to know that what is 5G? Who got what in this spectrum auction? What difference will the arrival of 5G make? Watch this exclusive report on India 360.
Both Bharti and Jio have likely built a pan-India spectrum footprint for 5G, with Vodafone Idea's selective participation.
Sun, Jul 31, 2022
The auction of the 5G spectrum capable of offering ultra-high-speed internet entered the sixth day of bidding on Sunday after receiving bids worth 1,49,966 crore in the first five days from players like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel
"The 5G auction shows that the industry wants to expand, it has come out of problems and is getting into a growth phase. The auction results are very good, close to Rs 1,49,966 crore has been committed by the industry for buying the spectrum," Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at a briefing in Mumbai, after a telecom investors' roundtable.
Sat, Jul 30, 2022
Auctions for 5G spectrum continued for the fifth day on Saturday, after fetching bids worth Rs 1,49,855 crore from players such as Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel so far.
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Now 5G will change the world. Internet download speed in 4G is limited to 50 Mbps per second. Whereas in 5G this speed will increase 10 times to 500 Mbps per second. Users will be able to download heavy files, uploading speed will also be up to 1GB per second. A movie of 2 hours from 5G will be downloaded in 20 seconds. You will get better video calling experience than 4G. By the year 2035, 5G network will play a role of $13.2 trillion in the world economy. This network is 100 times faster than 4G. Watch this special report of Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayda.
Fri, Jul 22, 2022
A total 72 GHz (gigahertz) of radiowaves worth at least Rs 4.3 lakh crore will be put on the block during the auction, scheduled to begin on July 26.
Wed, Jun 22, 2022
"For spectrum acquired through an auction held after 15.09.2021 in different Access spectrum bands, no SUC shall be charged."
Thu, Jun 16, 2022
India is soon going to get 5G services. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the DoT's ( Department of Telecommunications) 5G Spectrum auction. Soon to provide 5G services, spectrum will be assigned to bidders. The cabinet has claimed that 5G services are going to be about 10 times higher than 4G services. PIB also detailed that "auction will be held for spectrum in various low like (600 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz), Mid (3300 MHz) and High (26 GHz) frequency bands.” Cabinet also said that The bidders will have an option to surrender the specturm after 10 years with no future liabilities with respect to instalments.
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