Spectrum Current Affairs, GK & News
Rajeev Gauba Panel set up to streamline Spectrum Allocation
The Government of India has constituted a panel under the cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba to streamline telecom spectrum allocation. The panel has been constituted with secretaries of railways, defence, home, telecom, department of space and Information and Broadcasting. Highlights The spectrum auction had been held by GoI for six times. They are 2010, 2012-16. However, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: 5G spectrum • Committees & Panels • Mobile Communication • satellite communication • space • Spectrum
US provides military airwaves for 5G wireless networks
The US Defence Department has planned to free up a big chunk of its military airwaves so that high-speed internet services can be provided in the country. The move is aimed at giving a fillip to the 5G network infra in the country and also to develop the same at the earliest, ahead of China. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: 5G • 5th Generation • Spectrum • US Defence Department • US Government • US Military
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