Bwa Auction

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  DoT's New Norm Gave Undue Advantage of Rs. 3,367 crores to Reliance Jio: CAG

  As per the BWA auction rules, companies were permitted to use their spectrum to provide services that are allowed under the licence held by them.

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  Spectrum auction February 2014: Day one summary

  Bids worth over Rs. 39,300 crores were received on day one, and the government looks set to exceed its Rs. 40,874 crores revenue target.

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  EGoM to decide on spectrum fees, telecom M&A rule on Monday

  Meanwhile, the DoT has extended the last date to withdraw applications for the upcoming spectrum auction to January 28 from January 27 earlier.

• Government may discuss Rs 12,800-crore refund to BSNL, MTNL on January 9: report

  The Cabinet is likely to discuss on January 9 refunding about Rs 12,800 crore to state-run MTNL and BSNL which the telecom PSUs had to pay for wireless broadband spectrum in 2010 auctions, according to a source.

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  DoT presents financial status of BSNL, MTNL before GoM

  The DoT indicated that the cash reserves of the PSU firms depleted post the purchase of BWA and 3G spectrum at auction determined price in 2010.

• Ringing in relief for MTNL, BSNL: DoT seeks government support for one-time fee payment

  The telecom department wants the government to bail out public sector telecom majors BSNL and MTNL on payment of one-time fee. Sources told NDTV that the department of telecommunication (DoT) will apply to the cabinet for paying Rs 1,626 crore upfront and Rs 893 crore annually on behalf of these companies from the government's coffers.

• Qualcomm may get BWA spectrum this month: DoT

  Qualcomm had won spectrum for high-speed data services in four circles -- Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala -- through auction done by DoT in June 2010, and paid Rs 4,912.54 crore (about $1 billion).

• BWA auction delay may keep govt short of Rs 14k cr this fiscal

  The wait for a clear policy on spectrum pricing and allocation may spoil finance ministry’s plans to get Rs 14,000 crore from the broadband wireless access auctions this year.

• Broadband spectrum auction ends; Govt gets Rs 38,300 crore

  The government today raised over Rs 38,300 crore as the 16-day long auction for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum came to an end. The details of the BWA auction winners are still awaited from the Department of Telecom (DoT). The total revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at over Rs 1.06 lakh cror...

• RCom exited BWA spectrum auction a week back

  Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) on June 11 said that it exited BWA auction a week back after bid prices overshot its estimates.      "RCom exited BWA spectrum auction as auction prices significantly exceeded business case estimates," an Rcom spokesperson said.      The go...

• Broadband auction begins, govt expects Rs 15K cr

  Telecom Minister A Raja on Monday said the government expects Rs 15,000 crore through the broadband wireless spectrum auctions (BWA). BWA auctions have started today. Eleven telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, RCom, the Tatas and Qualcom are in the fray for two slots of spectrum. Telcos are expected to participate in the a...

• Raja hopeful of over Rs 15K-cr haul from BWA auctions

  Union telecom minister A Raja 24 May expressed optimism that the broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum auctions, which kicked off 24 May, will be as good as the 3G auctions and that he expects to mop up over Rs 15,000 crore from the process.        "We expect competition will be as high as that of 3G. We expe...