Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction Current Affairs, GK & News
Telecom dept may approach TRAI on spectrum recommendations
The department of telecommunications (DoT) may approach the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for reviewing its recommendations on the quantum and pricing of spectrum to be offered in the airwave auctions, scheduled for the current financial year (2019-20). Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has asked the Centre to reserve the 100 MHz quantity of 5G ..
Topics: 5G • Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited • Department of Telecommunications • Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction • Ministry of Communications and Information Technology • Mobile telecommunications • Technology • Telecom Advisory Committee • Telecommunications • Telecommunications in India
What is Spectrum Cap?
The spectrum cap is the limit of radiowaves a telecom operator can hold for providing wireless services. Spectrum cap rules prevent an operator from buying additional spectrum in a respective band. The idea is to prevent operators from acquiring a disproportional amount of spectrum compared to its peers thereby preventing market dominance. As per existing ..
Topics: Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction • Optics • Physics • Radio resource management • Radio spectrum • Spectrum • Spectrum auction • Spectrum Trading • Telecom Commission • Telecommunications in India • TRAI • Wireless
Spectrum Trading Guidelines 2015
In October 2015, the Department of Telecom has issued the much awaited spectrum trading guidelines. Spectrum trading refers to transfer of rights to use the spectrum. After spectrum trading, the associated rights and obligations of the spectrum block shall stand transferred from the seller operator to the buyer operator. Under spectrum trading, only outright transfer ..
Topics: India • Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction • Information and communications technology • Mobile telecommunications • Radio spectrum • Software-defined radio • Spectrum • Spectrum auction • Spectrum Trading • Technology • Telecom • TRAI • Videotelephony • Wireless
Issues Around Dropped Calls
A tech friendly prime minister curses his government for the irritation caused by the call drops. The concerned minister asks the telecom regulator to issue guidelines to make it mandatory for the telecom companies to take action. This article is a backgrounder on this issue. What is a Dropped Call? A dropped call can be ..
Topics: Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction • Mobile technology • Mobile telecommunications • Telecom Regulatory Authority of India • Telecommunications in India • Wireless
Rs. 14,000 crore : 2G spectrum auction base price
For the auctioning of 122 license which were cancelled by the apex court, the central govt has fixed the base price of Rs. 14,000 crore for 5 MHz of pan-India 2G spectrum in the 1800-MHz GSM. The reserve price for 5 MHz of CDMA spectrum: Rs. 18,200 crore, 1.3 times the price of GSM spectrum. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Topics: 2G • 2G spectrum case • 3 • GSM • Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction • Mobile telecommunications • Telecommunications • Vodafone Idea Limited
EGoM advocates fixing min. price for CDMA Airwaves in the 800 MHz band at 1.3 times the Base Price for GSM Airwaves in the 1800 MHz band
An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by home minister P Chidambaram finalized the rules for upcoming second generation (2G) spectrum auctions, recommending the fixing of minimum price for CDMA airwaves in the 800 MHz band at 1.3 times the base price for GSM airwaves in the 1800 MHz band. The EGoM rejected the Department ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Topics: 3 • Du • GSM • GSM frequency bands • Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction • LTE • Mobile telecommunications • Spectrum auction • Technology • Telecommunications • Wireless