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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.
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.
DoT invites bids to conduct 3G spectrum auction
Amid its differences with the Ministry of Finance, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) today started the process for 3G mobile services and invited bids from Indian and foreign companies to conduct the auctioning of spectrum in 22 telecom service areas.
Issuing the Request for Proposal (RFP), the DoT has convened a pre-bid conference on August 27 and will open the financial bids, of those who qualify technically and meet all the criteria for selection, on September 19.
According to the eligibility criteria, the bidder shall not have any equity directly or indirectly in any telecom or Internet service provider (ISP) in India. Similarly, any telecom company or ISP shall not have any stake in the bidder company.
DoT rejects Amar Singh’s spectrum pricing formula
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has rejected the Samajwadi Party leader Mr Amar Singh’s formula for levying a charge on GSM-based mobile operators with excess spectrum over 6.2 Mhz.
DoT has instead suggested its own method of imposing the one-time charge
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The Department of Telecom (DoT) has rejected the Samajwadi Party leader Mr Amar Singh’s formula for levying a charge on GSM-based mobile operators with excess spectrum over 6.2 Mhz.
DoT has instead suggested its own method of imposing the one-time charge at the rate of Rs 266 crore for each unit of spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz, which is the maximum quantum of start-up spectrum specified in the licence agreement.
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Mr Singh had proposed a formula whereby existing GSM players would have had to pay Rs 1,312 crore for each unit of spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz. The basic assumption for this proposal was that the mobile operator’s licence agreement does not specify allocation of more than 6.2 Mhz.
Financial Express : Spectrum not a barrier for new players
Telecom companies can now start providing services without getting the key raw material— spectrum —from the government. Thanks to a recent clarification “subtly” made by the department of telecommunications (DoT), new telecom players like the realty major Unitech and Videocon-owned, Datacom, which have been granted licences but no spectrum, can start commercial operations by getting into intra-circle roaming pacts with existing operators.
The clarification dated June 12 basically allows operators to enter into mutual commercial agreements for intra-service roaming facilities with other licensed operators. With this, analysts said, the new operators without spectrum could put up mobile switching centres (MSCs) and get into pacts with existing operators for spectrum. This way, these operators can start operations, that too, without building any network by just trading in spectrum, which is otherwise not permissible. This will also ensure them a good valuation without investing much in creating any infrastructure.
TDSAT declines to stay spectrum allocation
In a relief to new operators Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Wednesday refused to stay the allotment of spectrum. The TDSAT turned down the appeal of B.K. Modi-promoted Spice Communications which has pleaded that since tribunal would not be sitting for a month on account of summer vacation, it should stay allotment of spectrum till July 3, next date of hearing. Spice’s main contention is that if the spectrum allocation is not stopped then the re will not be enough left for them. T
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In a relief to new operators Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Wednesday refused to stay the allotment of spectrum. The TDSAT turned down the appeal of B.K. Modi-promoted Spice Communications which has pleaded that since tribunal would not be sitting for a month on account of summer vacation, it should stay allotment of spectrum till July 3, next date of hearing. Spice’s main contention is that if the spectrum allocation is not stopped then the
re will not be enough left for them.
DoT identifies new spectrum bands for 3G
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has called a meeting with operators on May 28 to discuss the allocation and pricing of 3G spectrum bands for launching new generation mobile phone services.
Spectrum or radio waves in the bands 2.3-2.4 GHz, 2.5-2.69 GHz, and 3.3-3.6 GHz were not available for allocation earlier. Therefore, when the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) issued recommendation for 3G spectrum allocation and pricing in 2006, it had decided that allocations of spectrum in these bands will be decided as and when these were made available.
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has called a meeting with operators on May 28 to discuss the allocation and pricing of 3G spectrum bands for launching new generation mobile phone services.
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</script>Spectrum or radio waves in the bands 2.3-2.4 GHz, 2.5-2.69 GHz, and 3.3-3.6 GHz were not available for allocation earlier. Therefore, when the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) issued recommendation for 3G spectrum allocation and pricing in 2006, it had decided that allocations of spectrum in these bands will be decided as and when these were made available.
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n the draft guidelines, the DoT has said 3G spectrum will be allocated in the 2.1 GHz band.
Recently, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has identified 2.3-2.4 GHz band also as International Mobile Technology (IMT) band. Spectrum in the band of 2.5-2.69 GHz was already identified as IMT-2000 band and the DoT, as per its recent guidelines on Broadband Wireless Access (BWA), is also considering allotment of spectrum in these bands. Currently, they are used for satellite services.
The use of 2.3-2.4 GHz and 2.5-2.69 GHz band offers significant scope for innovation with the potential for induction of new technologies, services, applications and devices.
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