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Indian spectrum auction raises close to $10 billion
Feb 17, 2014
by Toby Youell

India has completed its auction of 900 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrum, shortly after its regulator recommended that the government should allow spectrum trading. Read more...

Sole bidder SSTL recovers eight of its 21 licences in Indian auction
Mar 13, 2013
by Michael Newlands

India’s second attempt to auction off spectrum licences confiscated by the Supreme Court last year came to an end this week with one bidder buying a limited amount of regional lots in one band. Read more...

Indian operators force collapse of 900/1800 MHz auction
Feb 28, 2013
by Michael Newlands

India’s second attempt to auction off licences confiscated last year by the country’s Supreme Court appears to have ended in failure, despite the reserve price having been slashed following a previous failed auction attempt. Read more...

Telenor is biggest winner as Indian auction falls flat
Nov 15, 2012
by Michael Newlands

India’s controversial auction of GSM licenses confiscated from 11 operators by the country’s supreme court has come to an ignominious end with the government raising less than a quarter of the revenue it had predicted. Read more...

Indian operators facing large one-off spectrum charge
Oct 09, 2012
by Michael Newlands

A group of Indian ministers has approved a hefty one-off fee for operators holding “excess” GSM and CDMA spectrum, but has also agreed on a licence fee refund to operators who were stripped of spectrum by the country’s supreme court. Read more...

Indian 800/1800 MHz auction now set for November
Aug 13, 2012
by Michael Newlands

The Indian government has finally announced the key decisions that will permit the auction of the 800 and 1800 MHz spectrum vacated following the withdrawal of 122 regional licences which the country’s supreme court ruled had been corruptly awarded in 2008. Read more...

Incredulity and anger as TRAI recommends 13-fold increase in spectrum price
Apr 27, 2012
by Michael Newlands

Arbitrary, regressive and inconsistent were some of the more polite things Indian and foreign telecoms executives had to say about the Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) proposals on re-auctioning confiscated 2G licences, refarming 2G spectrum for 3G and 4G and auctioning the 700 MHz band. Read more...

Supreme Court ruling halves number of Indian mobile operators
Feb 10, 2012
by Michael Newlands

A week after the Indian Supreme Court revoked 122 telecommunications licences issued in 2008, a clearer picture is starting to emerge of what this will mean not just to the six operators involved but also to the mobile industry in the country as a whole. Read more...

Commercial TD-LTE arrives with more major launches imminent
Oct 21, 2011
by Michael Newlands

The momentum propelling TD-LTE towards full commercial launch in the world’s two largest mobile markets continues to build as chipmakers and equipment vendors climb on board the China Mobile-powered bandwagon. Read more...

India’s new draft telecoms policy lacks detail
Oct 12, 2011
by Michael Newlands

India’s long-awaited new telecoms policy has been published in draft form, but paints a broad picture of the government’s intentions rather than filling in the details. Read more...