Cdma Spectrum

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  Telecom Tribunal Exempts RCom From One-Time Spectrum Charge

  RCom had challenged DoT's decision to impose one-time spectrum charge on its contracted CDMA and GSM spectrum resources.

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  India's Largest Spectrum Auction To Start From September 29

  Bidding rounds for the country's biggest-ever spectrum auction will begin from September 29, in which mobile airwaves worth Rs 5.63 lakh crore at the base price value will be put up for sale.

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  MTNL Gets Rs 429 Crore For Surrender Of 800 MHz Spectrum

  State-owned MTNL on Thursday said it has received Rs 428.95 crore from government for surrendering spectrum in the 800 MHz band, used for providing CDMA mobile services in the country.

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  Telecom PSUs to Invest Rs 16,815 cr in 2016-17

  Telecom PSUs such as BSNL have earmarked an investment of Rs 16,815 crore for the next fiscal in a host of projects, including setting up of Wi-Fi hotspots, enhancing network quality and expanding broadband coverage.

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  Cabinet Approves Financial Assistance to BSNL, MTNL: Report

  In a bid to revive the flagging fortunes of BSNL, the government on Wednesday approved hiving off the state-owned firm's tower business into a new company as well as compensating it and MTNL Rs 627.20 crore for 800 MHz CDMA spectrum that they surrendered.

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  Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Expand Spectrum Base in 900MHz Band

  Reliance Jio Infocomm in the meanwhile bagged airwaves in 800MHz and 1800MHz bands to boost its 4G services with voice.

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  Telecom Auction May Fetch Government Rs 90,000 Cr: Crisil

  Telecom players will bid aggressively in the forthcoming spectrum auction and the government may be able to raise Rs 90,000 crore through the sale of radio waves, credit rating agency Crisil said on Monday.

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  Ambanis, Bharti, Vodafone, 5 Others to Slug it Out for Spectrum

  The government expects to garner over Rs 80,000 crore from the sale of radiowaves for providing 2G as well as 3G services.

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  Telecom Operators Seek Fresh Pre-Bid Conference on 3G Spectrum Auction

  The demand to conduct pre-bid conference was supported by most of the telecom operators, including Airtel, Vodafone and Aircel.

• Cabinet Decision on Spectrum Base Price Likely This Month

  The government is likely to take a call this month on the base price of spectrum to be auctioned in February 2015.

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  COAI Urges DoT to Allocate 800MHz as Extended GSM Band

  COAI said given the higher demand for the 900MHz band, the reconfiguration of the available 800MHz spectrum will increase the availability of spectrum.

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  Defence Requirement for CDMA Spectrum May Leave Only 10MHz for Auction

  "On assigning spectrum to Defence, as per their requirement, only 10MHz will left for auction," an official source said.

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  Trai Proposes 15 Percent Hike in CDMA Spectrum Reserve Price

  In its February recommendation, Trai had proposed a reserve price of Rs. 2,685 crore per megahertz for 800MHz.

• Telecom Commission Sends Back Spectrum Proposals to TRAI

  TRAI has also recommended taking back 900 Mhz spectrum from state-run BSNL and most of CDMA spectrum from MTNL and BSNL. The suggestion has been turned down by DoT's internal committee saying DoT has no jurisdiction to take back spectrum from these companies under the licence conditions.

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  Government Expected to Hold GSM, CDMA Spectrum Auction in February

  According to an official source, a projection of Rs. 9,355 crore has been made from auction of 800MHz (CDMA), 900MHz and 1800MHz (GSM) spectrum.