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Musk's Starlink Receives India's Final Regulatory Nod for Launch
The Elon Musk-led firm has been waiting since 2022 for licences to operate commercially in India. Last month, it received a key license from India's telecom ministry to launch, but has been waiting for a go-ahead from India's space regulator.
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Airtel Satellite Telecom Services Ready for Rollout, Awaiting Centre's Go Ahead: Rajan Bharti Mittal
Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, has said that its satellite telecom service is ready for rollout in India. Reiterating Bharti Airtel's stance, he said satellite companies should be required to pay licensing fees and acquire spectrum through auctions, just as traditional telecom operators do.
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Elon Musk's Starlink Working on Indian Security Clearance for Satellite Broadband
Starlink has been looking to enter India for years and its plans got a major boost last month when New Delhi said it wouldn't auction spectrum for satellite broadband but rather award it administratively - just as Musk wanted. Rival Indian telecom billionaire Mukesh Ambani had wanted an auction.
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Reliance Lobbies for Satellite Spectrum Auction in New Clash With Starlink
Reliance lobbied the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday to reconsider its plan to administratively allocate satellite spectrum, instead of auctioning it. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in October that the government would allocate spectrum in line with global trends. However, it will issue a final notification on how s...
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Government Says No Auction of Satellite Spectrum; Elon Musk Hails Decision
The government has announced that it will allocate spectrum for satellite broadband through administrative means, hours after Elon Musk labelled the auction approach sought by billionaire Mukesh Ambani as "unprecedented." Musk's Starlink has argued that the administrative allocation of licenses aligns with global practices, whereas Reliance argues ...
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Bharti Airtel Pays $1 Billion to Partly Clear 2016 Spectrum Dues
Airtel has partly settled its outstanding spectrum fees from a 2016 auction. This is the first payment the country's second-largest telecom operator is making for the phone spectrum it acquired for $2.13 billion (roughly Rs. 17,852 crore) in 2016.
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Spectrum Auctions See Sale Worth Rs 11,340 Crore, Bharti Airtel Top Buyer
Telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel on Wednesday emerged as the biggest bidder for radio waves used to transmit mobile phone voice and data signals, cornering about 60 per cent of the Rs 11,341 crore worth of spectrum sold in an auction.
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Centre Begins Auction For Telecom Spectrum Worth Rs 96,238 Crore
The Centre on Tuesday announced it has begun the auction of spectrum worth Rs 96,238.45 crore for telecom services.
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Spectrum For Mobile Services To Continue Through Auction: Report
The government will continue to auction telecom spectrum, and the administrative allocation route will be used sparingly, only in those cases where it is technically not feasible to do so or for areas that are strategic in nature, sources said.
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Auction For Telecom Spectrum To Continue, Administrative Allocation Limited: Report
The government will continue to auction telecom spectrum, and the administrative allocation route will be used sparingly, only in those cases where it is technically not feasible to do so or for areas that are strategic in nature, sources said.
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Government to Allot Satellite Internet Spectrum Without Auction in Win for Elon Musk’s Starlink
India has proposed a licensing approach to assigning spectrum for satellite internet services and exempt companies from having to bid for it, a win for Elon Musk's venture Starlink which has lobbied hard against any auctions.
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Vodafone Idea Seeks 30-Day Extension to Pay Rs. 1,680 Crore for Spectrum Auction Instalment
Debt-ridden Vodafone Idea has sought 30 days more time to pay around Rs. 1,680 crore for spectrum auction instalment due on Thursday, a senior company official said on Wednesday. The company has proposed to pay the amount with interest.
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COAI Says Delicensing of Spectrum in 6GHz Band Could Hamper 5G, 6G Rollout in India, Cause Loss to Exchequer
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has opposed the delicensing of spectrum in the 6GHz band heeding the demand of Wi-Fi service providers to make the 6GHz band freely available in the country. According to the COAI, aside from the spectrum that was put up during the auction, the 6GHz band is the only additional contiguous spectrum a...
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DoT Said to Approach TRAI for Auction of New Spectrum Bands, Radio Waves
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to approach the sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) this week for the auction of a set of spectrum bands as well as radio waves held by permits that are due to expire in 2024, an official source said. DoT is expected to hold the auction in the March quarter of the current fiscal.
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Elon Musk's Starlink High-Speed Internet Service Eyes India, Faces Resistance From Reliance Jio Over Auctions
Elon Musk is eager to bring his Starlink satellite broadband to India, but the world's richest man faces strong resistance from Mukesh Ambani, Asia's wealthiest, who runs Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio. Following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US on Tuesday, Musk said he was keen to launch Starlink in India which "can ...
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Musk's Starlink Receives India's Final Regulatory Nod for Launch
The Elon Musk-led firm has been waiting since 2022 for licences to operate commercially in India. Last month, it received a key license from India's telecom ministry to launch, but has been waiting for a go-ahead from India's space regulator.
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Airtel Satellite Telecom Services Ready for Rollout, Awaiting Centre's Go Ahead: Rajan Bharti Mittal
Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, has said that its satellite telecom service is ready for rollout in India. Reiterating Bharti Airtel's stance, he said satellite companies should be required to pay licensing fees and acquire spectrum through auctions, just as traditional telecom operators do.
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Elon Musk's Starlink Working on Indian Security Clearance for Satellite Broadband
Starlink has been looking to enter India for years and its plans got a major boost last month when New Delhi said it wouldn't auction spectrum for satellite broadband but rather award it administratively - just as Musk wanted. Rival Indian telecom billionaire Mukesh Ambani had wanted an auction.
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Reliance Lobbies for Satellite Spectrum Auction in New Clash With Starlink
Reliance lobbied the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday to reconsider its plan to administratively allocate satellite spectrum, instead of auctioning it. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in October that the government would allocate spectrum in line with global trends. However, it will issue a final notification on how s...
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Government Says No Auction of Satellite Spectrum; Elon Musk Hails Decision
The government has announced that it will allocate spectrum for satellite broadband through administrative means, hours after Elon Musk labelled the auction approach sought by billionaire Mukesh Ambani as "unprecedented." Musk's Starlink has argued that the administrative allocation of licenses aligns with global practices, whereas Reliance argues ...
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Bharti Airtel Pays $1 Billion to Partly Clear 2016 Spectrum Dues
Airtel has partly settled its outstanding spectrum fees from a 2016 auction. This is the first payment the country's second-largest telecom operator is making for the phone spectrum it acquired for $2.13 billion (roughly Rs. 17,852 crore) in 2016.
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Spectrum Auctions See Sale Worth Rs 11,340 Crore, Bharti Airtel Top Buyer
Telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel on Wednesday emerged as the biggest bidder for radio waves used to transmit mobile phone voice and data signals, cornering about 60 per cent of the Rs 11,341 crore worth of spectrum sold in an auction.
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Centre Begins Auction For Telecom Spectrum Worth Rs 96,238 Crore
The Centre on Tuesday announced it has begun the auction of spectrum worth Rs 96,238.45 crore for telecom services.
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Spectrum For Mobile Services To Continue Through Auction: Report
The government will continue to auction telecom spectrum, and the administrative allocation route will be used sparingly, only in those cases where it is technically not feasible to do so or for areas that are strategic in nature, sources said.
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Auction For Telecom Spectrum To Continue, Administrative Allocation Limited: Report
The government will continue to auction telecom spectrum, and the administrative allocation route will be used sparingly, only in those cases where it is technically not feasible to do so or for areas that are strategic in nature, sources said.
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Government to Allot Satellite Internet Spectrum Without Auction in Win for Elon Musk’s Starlink
India has proposed a licensing approach to assigning spectrum for satellite internet services and exempt companies from having to bid for it, a win for Elon Musk's venture Starlink which has lobbied hard against any auctions.
-
Vodafone Idea Seeks 30-Day Extension to Pay Rs. 1,680 Crore for Spectrum Auction Instalment
Debt-ridden Vodafone Idea has sought 30 days more time to pay around Rs. 1,680 crore for spectrum auction instalment due on Thursday, a senior company official said on Wednesday. The company has proposed to pay the amount with interest.
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COAI Says Delicensing of Spectrum in 6GHz Band Could Hamper 5G, 6G Rollout in India, Cause Loss to Exchequer
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has opposed the delicensing of spectrum in the 6GHz band heeding the demand of Wi-Fi service providers to make the 6GHz band freely available in the country. According to the COAI, aside from the spectrum that was put up during the auction, the 6GHz band is the only additional contiguous spectrum a...
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DoT Said to Approach TRAI for Auction of New Spectrum Bands, Radio Waves
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to approach the sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) this week for the auction of a set of spectrum bands as well as radio waves held by permits that are due to expire in 2024, an official source said. DoT is expected to hold the auction in the March quarter of the current fiscal.
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Elon Musk's Starlink High-Speed Internet Service Eyes India, Faces Resistance From Reliance Jio Over Auctions
Elon Musk is eager to bring his Starlink satellite broadband to India, but the world's richest man faces strong resistance from Mukesh Ambani, Asia's wealthiest, who runs Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio. Following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US on Tuesday, Musk said he was keen to launch Starlink in India which "can ...
