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3G spectrum: DoT delays bidding for e-auction agency
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has delayed the opening of invites for the agency which will decide e-auction of spectrum for 3G and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA).
The opening of bids has been deferred to September 22 from September 3 as decided earlier. The pre-bid conference, which was to be held on August 27, has also been re-scheduled to September 8.
However, according to the revised schedule issued by the communications ministry, there will be no delay in the date of identifying the agency. The finalisation of the bids will be completed by September 30 as announced earlier by Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura.
The request for proposal (RFP) for the agency was floated on August 14 in order to select an agency for e-auction of spectrum for 3G and BWA in 22 telecom service areas in the country.
Mobile growth hits new peak; 9.22 m wireless users in July
Mobile subscriber base in the country is growing at such a fast pace that operators are breaking the record for net additions almost every second month.
In July, mobile operators, both GSM (global system for mobile communications) and CDMA (code division multiple access) together, added 9.22 million subscribers, which is the highest ever additions in a single month till now. The previous best was 8.94 million in June.
Labour Ministry notice to Huawei on employment of Chinese
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has sent a notice to the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturing firm Huawei for allegedly employing a large number of Chinese workers in the country without proper work permits.
The Ministry has also said that the Chinese workers in the company were not paying applicable income-tax.
The notice comes a few days ahead of the opening of a mega BSNL tender for 90 million GSM lines for which Huawei is also likely to bid.
When contacted, the Huawei spokesperson said, “We have received this above mentioned letter at our office today, on August 25 and we are quite naturally seized of the matter and are in the process of updating and appraising the Ministry concerned on the various points highlighted in the letter.
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The Ministry of Labour and Employment has sent a notice to the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturing firm Huawei for allegedly employing a large number of Chinese workers in the country without proper work permits.
The Ministry has also said that the Chinese workers in the company were not paying applicable income-tax.
The notice comes a few days ahead of the opening of a mega BSNL tender for 90 million GSM lines for which Huawei is also likely to bid.
When contacted, the Huawei spokesperson said, “We have received this above mentioned letter at our office today, on August 25 and we are quite naturally seized of the matter and are in the process of updating and appraising the Ministry concerned on the various points highlighted in the letter.
New telecom players to get spectrum in 4 more circles
Within days of the Delhi High Court giving a clean chit to the Union government in the spectrum issue, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is all set to allocate start-up spectrum to new players in four more circles.
DoT has proposed to allocate spectrum in four more circles — Maharashtra, Mumbai, Kolkata and Madhya Pradesh — to players, including Datacom, promoted by Mahendra Nahata of HFCL, realty major Unitech, BPL-led Loop Telecom, Swan Telecom and Tata Teleservice.
DoT has already alloted start-up spectrum in six circles — Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
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Within days of the Delhi High Court giving a clean chit to the Union government in the spectrum issue, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is all set to allocate start-up spectrum to new players in four more circles.
DoT has proposed to allocate spectrum in four more circles — Maharashtra, Mumbai, Kolkata and Madhya Pradesh — to players, including Datacom, promoted by Mahendra Nahata of HFCL, realty major Unitech, BPL-led Loop Telecom, Swan Telecom and Tata Teleservice.
DoT has already alloted start-up spectrum in six circles — Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
GSM operators agree to provide links to RCom
The interconnection row between Reliance Communications and GSM players has been settled amicably with all the existing operators agreeing to offer links.
The issue was resolved on Thursday at a closed door meeting between the two sides. The meeting was initiated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
While Idea Cellular had already opened up its network for interconnecting with Reliance, other operators, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar, have also agreed to offer the links. Earlier, the telecom regulator had said that operators whodo not offer interconnection to Reliance Communications by August 21, will have to face action.
RCom links: TRAI, GSM players stand-off continues
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has once again rejected GSM operators’ stand on offering links to Reliance Communication and has issued a fresh deadline of August 21 for complying with its orders.
The telecom regulator has earlier asked
Financial Express : GSM subscriber base climbs to 205 million
With an addition of 6.27 million subscribers in the month of May, the total GSM subscriber base climbed up to 205 million users. However, there was a decline in the total number of subscribers added in comparison to April, with a decline of 177,000.
Bharti Airtel Ltd, the country’s largest mobile service provider leads the pack with the highest number of additions of 2.4 million subscribers, taking the company’s subscriber base up-to 66.8 million. With these figures the company has a market share of 32.52%.
Vodafone Essar with a market share of 23.10% added 1.68 million subscribers to its kitty, with which the company’s user base increased to 47.4 million at the end of May.
Chinese cos get to bid for BSNL’s 93 mn GSM lines - IndianExpress.Com
In a major deviation from its earlier stand, government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has allowed telecom vendors who do not have manufacturing facilities in India to participate in its tender for 93 million GSM lines. This will make Chinese major Huawei eligible for bidding in the world’s largest telecom tender.
The size of the order for supplying equipment and installing the GSM network is likely to be as high as Rs 40,000 crore, if one goes by the lowest bids submitted by Ericsson in the last tender. The technical conditions have been framed in such a way that another Chinese major, ZTE, too will be able to qualify for the tender. It will be the first GSM tender in which any Chinese telecom vendor will participate without the threat of being disqualified.
The tender conditions envisage, “The eligible bidder company or its parent company shall be a manufacturer of GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN). Such a bidder company shall also be registered in India to carry out telecom related activity.”
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In a major deviation from its earlier stand, government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has allowed telecom vendors who do not have manufacturing facilities in India to participate in its tender for 93 million GSM lines. This will make Chinese major Huawei eligible for bidding in the world’s largest telecom tender.The size of the order for supplying equipment and installing the GSM network is likely to be as high as Rs 40,000 crore, if one goes by the lowest bids submitted by Ericsson in the last tender. The technical conditions have been framed in such a way that another Chinese major, ZTE, too will be able to qualify for the tender. It will be the first GSM tender in which any Chinese telecom vendor will participate without the threat of being disqualified.
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Huawei was not eligible for participation in BSNL’s previous tender as it envisaged that the vendors should be Indian manufacturers. ZTE on its part submitted bids, which were rejected on technical grounds. Consequently, the field was left open to European and American players. US-based Motorola, too was, disqualified on technical grounds — leaving European majors Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and Alcatel (through ITI) in the field.
The tender conditions also envisage that the bidder company must have experience of “planning, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of at least a total of 20 million lines of GSM 900 and/ or GSM 1800 network comprising of GERAN, MSC, IN, SMSC, UMS, SGSN and GGSN. The experience sought can be from single or multiple networks.” Both the Chinese companies meet this condition, said sources.
In case of the last GSM tender floated by BSNL — in 2005 — it took almost two years from the date of inviting bids for the order to be ultimately offered to Ericsson. Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), the other qualifying bidder, did not accept the order.
When A Raja became Union communications minister following Dayanidhi Maran’s resignation, the first major decision he took was to reduce the quantity of the order by 50 per cent to 22.5 million lines. He also directed BSNL officials to reduce the price to $95 per line from the lowest quoted price of $107 per line.
Trai wants additional financial, rollout burden on RCom, Tatas
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked the government to prescribe "contingent" rollout obligations besides seeking additional performance bank guarantee and financial bank guarantee from the two operators.
Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices have been permitted to use GSM platform as a dual technology to offer mobile services and are being given the radio frequency in respective circles.
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the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked the government to prescribe "contingent" rollout obligations besides seeking additional performance bank guarantee and financial bank guarantee from the two operators.
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The regulator said that the Unified Access Service (UAS) licences of the two operators be amended accordingly, incorporating specific mention of rollout obligations and liquidated damages for GSM services in case of failure to honour the commitment.
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