Mon, Apr 15, 2024
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Tue, Feb 21, 2023
According to COAI, 6 GHz is the last remaining mid-band spectrum where city-wide coverage can be provided with mobile networks. In India, the primary source of internet connectivity remains the mobile networks for more than 95 per cent of users.
Thu, Aug 18, 2022
The country's biggest-ever auction of telecom spectrum received a record Rs 1.5 lakh crore worth of bids, with Mukesh Ambani's Jio cornering nearly half of all the airwaves sold with a Rs 87,946.93 crore bid.
Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has paid Rs 8,312.4 crore to the Department of Telecom (DoT) towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions.
Wed, Aug 17, 2022
Over the last one year, Airtel has also cleared Rs 24,333.7 crore of its deferred spectrum liabilities much ahead of scheduled maturities.
Sat, Aug 06, 2022
Nomura said in a report that external fund-raise is key for 5G rollouts/market share defence for Vodafone Idea.
Thu, Aug 04, 2022
India's biggest ever auction of telecom spectrum that concluded on August 1 (Monday) received a record Rs 1.5 lakh crore of bids.
Tue, Aug 02, 2022
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio emerged as the top bidder in India's 5G spectrum auction, acquiring 24,740 MHz spectrum worth Rs 88,078 crore.
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.
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.
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
According to sources, high interest continued to be seen for spectrum in 1800 MHz band in UP East circle, where Jio and Airtel were involved in intense bidding on Thursday.
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.
The spectrum bidding will continue on Thursday. Bands such as 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2500 MHz, 3300 MHz, and 26 GHz saw biggest investment bids.
Wed, Jul 27, 2022
The minister assured that consumers will be able to experience 5G services in many cities by 2022-end.
Wed, Jul 20, 2022
DoT may devise a policy on allotment and assignment of spectrum for captive users/other commercial usages in alignment with statements made in NDCP 2018 (National Digital Communication Policy) and end adhocism in allotment of spectrum to government departments/ agencies.
Sun, Jul 10, 2022
According to the Adani Group Spokesperson, “As India prepares to roll out next-generation 5G services through this auction, we are one of the many applicants participating in the open bidding process.”
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.
The Union Cabinet has approved the auction of airwaves capable of offering fifth-generation or 5G telecom services including ultra high-speed internet, and gave its nod for setting up of captive 5G networks by the big tech firms. The auction of over 72 GHz of the spectrum will be held by July-end, said an official statement detailing the decision taken by the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at its meeting held on June 14. The spectrum auction will commence on July 26, 2022.
Tue, May 24, 2022
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are in a position to buy pan-India 5G spectrum but uncertainty remains around Vodafone Idea's bids for the radiowaves, according to a BofA Securities report released on Monday.
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