The Indian Department of Telecom (DoT) has put out the Notice Inviting Application (NIA) for auction of seven spectrum bands starting from 29th September 2016. The spectrum bands include 700MHz, 800MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz, 2300MHz and 2500MHz constituting a total of 2356 MHz spectrum with the largest chunk in the 700MHz band. This auction is the Largest ever Telecom Spectrum auction till date in terms of quantity, quality and price of spectrum being put on
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How Telecom is heading from Spectrum Crunch to OverSupply ?
The Indian telecom industry has historically suffered an acute shortage of spectrum. The abysmally low absolute quantum of spectrum is compounded by highly fragmented spectrum holdings. TRAI’s recent recommendation and attempts by the telecom ministry to free up commercially unused 2100MHz spectrum indicates a new found feeling within the govt that ‘spectrum unsold is revenue lost’. Increasing the quantum of 1800 Mhz to be auctioned seems to be the first step in this regard.
Spectrum Allocation in the next 3 – 5 years
In light of recent developments, keeping
TRAI’s Insane Recommendation on 700MHz IMT Wireless broadband
TRAI has released its recommendations on advanced wireless broadband services in the 700MHz band. Key recommendations are (1) FDD to be used in 700Mhz. (2) Spectrum available is 698-806Mhz. (3) A 45x2MHz configuration recommended in the 700MHz band. This effectively implies that only one operator (new/old) can win the spectrum. While the exact configuration is … Read more