TRAI’s Spectrum Sharing Guidelines Favor Incumbents for Enhancing Mobile Network
The Indian Telecom Regulator’s Spectrum sharing guidelines, if accepted by the DoT, is positive for the incumbent operators. If used effectively, spectrum sharing can serve as a cost-efficient...
View ArticleSpectrum Costs Too High, CAPEX on Data Networks – COAI’s Rajan
Mr Rajan Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)told in an Analyst meet that telecom companies paid for the spectrum was definitely on the higher side by all...
View ArticleImplications of Spectrum Sharing Regulation
The Government approved spectrum-sharing guidelines as positive for the incumbents. Operators however, would need to find a balance between the costs of sharing (0.5% increase in spectrum usage...
View ArticleSpectrum Caps – Reliance Jio in War with A-Vo-Id Operators
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), in a recent consultation paper, sought comments from the industry and other stakeholders on a variety of spectrum-related issues. One of the surprising...
View ArticleMerger of incumbent Vodafone + Idea or Case for Active Infra Sharing ?
With the extension of free trial to Mar 2017 and recent announcement of incremental investment of Rs300 bn in the telecom venture, Jio is clearly not pulling any punches. This forces incumbent telcos...
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