by Richard Handford
TRAI has proposed a method for calculating the price of administratively awarded satellite licences. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The cabinet has approved a widespread reassignment of spectrum currently held by the public sector to 5G and 6G. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Reliance Jio appears to have been defeated in its bid to get a discussion of auctions included in regulator TRAI’s consultation paper alongside the administrative assignment of satellite spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The two-day contest raised INR 113.4 billion ($1.35 billion), a significant sum of money although by India's standards a muted affair focused on legacy spectrum bands. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Beyond immediate tasks, there is an opportunity for radical thinking from the new Modi government on spectrum pricing but it will have to find an incentive to proceed. Read more...
by Richard Handford
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...
by Richard Handford
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...
by Richard Handford
The benefits for state-owned BSNL are clear but the Indian government’s motives in assigning the spectrum are more complicated. Read more...
by Richard Handford
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...
by Richard Handford
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...