Unfair privilege Sir — The saying, ‘Baro mashe tero parbon’, aptly conveys the abundance of rituals and festivities in the Bengali calendar. Unfortunately, several of these arcane r...

Ahead of the 5G spectrum auction, cashstrapped telecom operator Vodafone Idea plans to raise up to Rs 500 crore from UKbased promoter Vodafone Plc. In a regulatory filing, Vodafone Idea said they wil...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in its recommendations had called for auctioning mmWave spectrum in the 24.25-28.5 GHz range for 5G services, with a base price of Rs 7 crore a unit. T...

The Niti Aayog wants 5G spectrum be offered for 30 years at a reserve price proposed by the regulator for spectrum held for 20 years, bringing down the payout by 36 per cent. The telecom regulator ha...

The industry said Trai has reduced the reserve price compared with its earlier recommendation made in 2018, but that was for a 20-year period . The prices are not much different when fixed for 30 year...

The government is likely to hold 5G spectrum auction in early June, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The minister said that the Department of Telecom is working as per expected tim...

The much awaited spectrum auction for 5G services is likely in the next fiscal with telecom regulator Trai to submit its recommendation by March. However, the budget document showed that the governme...

The Union budget for 2022-23 was noticeably lacklustre on at least two counts. There was very little boasting with numbers during the presentation as is the custom with finance ministers in India. The...

Telecom operators want the reserve price of 5G spectrum be brought down by over 90 per cent. The government had earlier allotted 3300-3600 MHz band for 5G, with the reserve price fixed at Rs 492 crore...

Telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said the “public good” element in spectrum pricing is now widely recognised, leading to a changed thought process that seeks to strike a balance...