by Richard Handford
The Australian government will release a discussion paper on the future of free-to-air broadcasting in early 2025, says the country’s communications minister Michelle Rowland. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Reliance Jio appears to have been defeated in its bid to get a discussion of auctions included in regulator TRAI’s consultation paper alongside the administrative assignment of satellite spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The two-day contest raised INR 113.4 billion ($1.35 billion), a significant sum of money although by India's standards a muted affair focused on legacy spectrum bands. Read more...
by Richard Handford
A Department of Telecommunications (DoT) official described Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), the US-based dynamic shared access system, as “under active consideration” for India. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The organisation that runs India's railways has asked the government for a further 2 x 5 MHz in the sought-after 700 MHz band—an assignment worth more than $2 billion in normal circumstances. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The new law is the biggest change to the country’s telecoms legislation in decades and has significant implications for spectrum management. Read more...
by Richard Handford
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will reportedly sell unsold frequencies worth at least INR2.65 trillion ($31.83 billion) in a new contest due in January 2024. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Indian regulator TRAI is consulting on a possible auction of the E and V bands. Such a contest would likely be a global first. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The benefits for state-owned BSNL are clear but the Indian government’s motives in assigning the spectrum are more complicated. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) says the proposed Spectrum Studies Council would study coexistence and identify new bands as the country looks to free up more spectrum for IMT. Read more...