Bwa Spectrum

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  Aircel to Add 13,000 Mobile Sites by the End of 2015

  The company has 3G spectrum in 13 circles and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) or 4G airwaves in 8 circles.

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  DoT's New Norm Gave Undue Advantage of Rs. 3,367 crores to Reliance Jio: CAG

  As per the BWA auction rules, companies were permitted to use their spectrum to provide services that are allowed under the licence held by them.

• Reliance Jio Signs Tower Sharing Deal With GTL Infra

  RJIL holds pan-India broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum and is planning to launch commercial 4G telecom services in 2015.

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  BSNL, MTNL and Other Telecom PSU to Spend Rs. 6,464 Crore This Fiscal Year

  Government has set a total expenditure target of Rs. 6,463.65 crore for telecom public sector units, including BSNL, MTNL, ITI, C-DoT and TCIL, this fiscal.

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  DoT committee to scrutinise segregation of BWA spectrum revenues

  DoT has asked operators to put in place a system within six months for monitoring and verifying the revenues.

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  Spectrum auction February 2014: Day one summary

  Bids worth over Rs. 39,300 crores were received on day one, and the government looks set to exceed its Rs. 40,874 crores revenue target.

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  Cabinet approves spectrum usage charge for 1800MHz and 900MHz bands

  The union cabinet has approved the 5 percent of AGR spectrum usage charge recommended by the Empowered Group of Ministers.

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  EGoM decides on 5 percent spectrum usage charge for new spectrum

  The SUC for broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum will continue to remain at one percent.

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  EGoM to decide on spectrum fees, telecom M&A rule on Monday

  Meanwhile, the DoT has extended the last date to withdraw applications for the upcoming spectrum auction to January 28 from January 27 earlier.

• CAG indicts telecom department for loopholes that let Reliance Jio get spectrum

  In a severe indictment, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has castigated officials of the Department of Telecom (DoT) for loopholes that allowed Reliance Jio Infocomm to get pan-India high-speed BWA spectrum at the cost of the exchequer.

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  CAG indicts DoT for loopholes that allowed RJIL to acquire BWA spectrum

  In a draft report, the CAG criticised the eligibility criteria set for bidders, and no lock-in period for winners.

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  BSNL, MTNL set to get Rs. 11,258 crore for surrendered BWA spectrum

  The Cabinet Thursday approved a refund of about for surrendered broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum.

• Government may discuss Rs 12,800-crore refund to BSNL, MTNL on January 9: report

  The Cabinet is likely to discuss on January 9 refunding about Rs 12,800 crore to state-run MTNL and BSNL which the telecom PSUs had to pay for wireless broadband spectrum in 2010 auctions, according to a source.

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  Reliance Jio Infocomm opposes change to spectrum usage charge for BWA

  In a letter to the telecom secretary, Reliance Jio said a 'unilateral increase in SUC for BWA spectrum from 1 percent to 3 percent will be illegal.'

• GSM body asks DoT to implement uniform spectrum usage fee

  Implementation of the recommendation would lower spectrum usage charge (SUC) of telecom players while increasing the rate for those have broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum including Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL).