New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has paid Rs 8,312.4 crore to the Department of Telecom (DoT) towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions. Airtel said it has paid four years of 2022 5G spectrum dues upfront. “This upfront payment of 4 years allows us to drive 5G rollout in […]
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced that 10 lakh new pensions will be given to all those aged above 57 in the State from August 15. At present, 36 lakh people are getting pensions and another 10 lakh will be added. New pension cards enabled with bar codes will be issued to all the […]
New Delhi: The auction for the 5G telecom spectrum has garnered bids worth Rs 1,49,454 crore at the end of the second day and the bids for the much-awaited spectrum sale are extended for the third day. A comparison of the two-day figures shows that the 5G spectrum auction fetched Rs 71,639.2 crore more than […]
Though there is considerable excitement in the telecom circles as India kicks off its first-ever auction of 5G spectrum, an unreasonably high reserve price set by the government could be a dampening factor. It seems that the Centre is driven more by the impulse of revenue maximisation in the 5G airwaves auction. Striking a balance […]
New Delhi: The much-awaited auction for the 5G telecom spectrum commenced on Tuesday. Reliance Jio, Adani group, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are the four major participants in the auction. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently approved the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)’s 5G spectrum auction through which spectrum will be […]
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Telecom department’s proposal to conduct a spectrum auction through which spectrum will be assigned to the successful bidders for providing 5G services to public and enterprises. A total of 72097.85 MHz of spectrum with a validity period of 20 years will be put to auction to […]
New Delhi: India has started the groundwork for 5G spectrum auctions slated to take place this year, as announced by the Secretary of the Telecommunications Department and Chairman of the Digital Communications Commission, K Rajaraman late last year. The country being the world’s second-largest telecommunications market is planning to roll out 5G mobile services within […]
New Delhi: Jio has completed 5G network coverage planning for top 1,000 cities in the country and is augmenting its fibre capacity as well as running pilot across sites, a senior company official said during a presentation. The company has created teams to focus on dedicated solutions for 5G deployment in India, Reliance Jio Infocomm […]
Also, no proposal is under consideration at present on the allocation of 5G spectrum to state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Dhotre said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.