Mobile Phone Airwaves

In a significant development, India's government on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposal for directly allocating airwaves to enterprises, paving the way for them to operate private 5G networks. The Cabinet decided to enable the development and set up of 'Private Captive Networks' to spur a wave of innovation in new-age industry applications ...

Airwaves granted to telecom operator Aircel could be cancelled if two executives at Malaysian parent Maxis Bhd do not appear at a trial court, the Supreme Court warned on Friday. The court, led by Chief Justice JS Khehar, also barred Aircel from transferring the ownership of its airwaves while a corruption case centred on a past deal involving the ...

Vodafone Group Plc has injected Rs 47,700 crore ($7.2 billion) into its Indian unit ahead of an auction of airwaves in the world's second biggest mobile phone market, which has seen increased competition with the entry of a new player.

Bangladesh has banned controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Peace mobile phone, days after blocking his Peace TV from airwaves and online, according to a media report today.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has drilled holes in a formula government uses to calculate annual spectrum charges payable by mobile phone operators and suggested using value generated by use of the airwaves to be included in the basis for computing levies.

The cabinet approved on Wednesday an auction of mobile phone airwaves, a government source told Reuters.

Idea Cellular, India's third-biggest mobile phone operator, said it has called off its plan to buy spectrum worth Rs 3,310 crore from rival Videocon Telecommunications.

The sale of mobile phone airwaves, which has collected a record $17.6 billion or Rs. 1,09,874 crores in a spectrum auction stretching over 19 days of fierce bidding can be treated as final, the Supreme Court said today, which means the government can collect initial payments from operators, and show the revenue as earned in this financial year, ...

Reliance Industries and seven other firms including top mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel have applied to participate in next month's auction for mobile phone airwaves, several people directly involved in the process said.

The government made a push on Wednesday to bolster its strained finances, offering to sell a stake in miner Coal India and more mobile phone airwaves as it aimed to deliver on a promise to trim its fiscal deficit.

The government has postponed until March 4 the auction of mobile phone airwaves through which it is expected to raise $10 billion (around Rs 60,000 crore), according to an official notice on Tuesday.

Shares in Bharti Airtel fell as much as 2.4 per cent on Tuesday due to concerns about the cost of acquiring mobile phone airwaves at an auction planned by the government.

The government plans to hold an auction of airwaves for mobile phone network operators in February next year and aims to raise an initial Rs 9,355 crore, according to a draft government plan seen by Reuters.

The telecommunications ministry will auction airwaves in the 900 and 1800 megahertz frequency bands in the auction, which is crucial for leading carriers Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Group Plc's local unit to renew their permits in some key cities.

TRAI has recommended a sharp 60 to 80 percent cut in the floor price of mobile phone airwaves for an upcoming auction.

In a significant development, India's government on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposal for directly allocating airwaves to enterprises, paving the way for them to operate private 5G networks. The Cabinet decided to enable the development and set up of 'Private Captive Networks' to spur a wave of innovation in new-age industry applications ...

Airwaves granted to telecom operator Aircel could be cancelled if two executives at Malaysian parent Maxis Bhd do not appear at a trial court, the Supreme Court warned on Friday. The court, led by Chief Justice JS Khehar, also barred Aircel from transferring the ownership of its airwaves while a corruption case centred on a past deal involving the ...

Vodafone Group Plc has injected Rs 47,700 crore ($7.2 billion) into its Indian unit ahead of an auction of airwaves in the world's second biggest mobile phone market, which has seen increased competition with the entry of a new player.

Bangladesh has banned controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Peace mobile phone, days after blocking his Peace TV from airwaves and online, according to a media report today.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has drilled holes in a formula government uses to calculate annual spectrum charges payable by mobile phone operators and suggested using value generated by use of the airwaves to be included in the basis for computing levies.

The cabinet approved on Wednesday an auction of mobile phone airwaves, a government source told Reuters.

Idea Cellular, India's third-biggest mobile phone operator, said it has called off its plan to buy spectrum worth Rs 3,310 crore from rival Videocon Telecommunications.

The sale of mobile phone airwaves, which has collected a record $17.6 billion or Rs. 1,09,874 crores in a spectrum auction stretching over 19 days of fierce bidding can be treated as final, the Supreme Court said today, which means the government can collect initial payments from operators, and show the revenue as earned in this financial year, ...

Reliance Industries and seven other firms including top mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel have applied to participate in next month's auction for mobile phone airwaves, several people directly involved in the process said.

The government made a push on Wednesday to bolster its strained finances, offering to sell a stake in miner Coal India and more mobile phone airwaves as it aimed to deliver on a promise to trim its fiscal deficit.

The government has postponed until March 4 the auction of mobile phone airwaves through which it is expected to raise $10 billion (around Rs 60,000 crore), according to an official notice on Tuesday.

Shares in Bharti Airtel fell as much as 2.4 per cent on Tuesday due to concerns about the cost of acquiring mobile phone airwaves at an auction planned by the government.

The government plans to hold an auction of airwaves for mobile phone network operators in February next year and aims to raise an initial Rs 9,355 crore, according to a draft government plan seen by Reuters.

The telecommunications ministry will auction airwaves in the 900 and 1800 megahertz frequency bands in the auction, which is crucial for leading carriers Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Group Plc's local unit to renew their permits in some key cities.

TRAI has recommended a sharp 60 to 80 percent cut in the floor price of mobile phone airwaves for an upcoming auction.