A Department of Telecommunications (DoT) official described Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), the US-based dynamic shared access system, as “under active consideration” for India. Read more...

The organisation that runs India's railways has asked the government for a further 2 x 5 MHz in the sought-after 700 MHz band—an assignment worth more than $2 billion in normal circumstances. Read more...

The new law is the biggest change to the country’s telecoms legislation in decades and has significant implications for spectrum management. Read more...

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will reportedly sell unsold frequencies worth at least INR2.65 trillion ($31.83 billion) in a new contest due in January 2024. Read more...

Indian regulator TRAI is consulting on a possible auction of the E and V bands. Such a contest would likely be a global first. Read more...

The benefits for state-owned BSNL are clear but the Indian government’s motives in assigning the spectrum are more complicated. Read more...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) says the proposed Spectrum Studies Council would study coexistence and identify new bands as the country looks to free up more spectrum for IMT. Read more...

Reliance Jio is at odds with India's three other mobile network operators (MNOs) on whether the country should permit more spectrum sharing. Read more...

TRAI has proposed measures in a consultation paper that would introduce much more frequency sharing into the world’s second-largest mobile market. Read more...

The key trends in ITU region 3 included MNOs having doubts over mmWave spectrum, the rise of private 5G networks and the apparent inability of many regulators to release more spectrum for mobile broadband. 1) The region's largest spectrum auction during 2022: India’s 5G contest raised $19 billion, a record… Read more...