India's telecom regulator Trai is exploring direct satellite communication to mobile phones. This aims to provide seamless connectivity acr...

Responding to the telecom industry's views that minimum rollout obligations are a 'retrograde step' and should be done away with, a senior ...

The DoT has recently sent a reference to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), seeking fresh starting prices for existing 4G an...

Analysts estimate 275 units of airwaves in the 3.3-3.6 Ghz bands to be available in a near-term 5G auction and expect the government to cut...

The auction for over 2300 MHz of airwaves — valued at Rs 3.92 lakh crore at base price — though is likely to see limited bidding intensity ...

The global ratings agency also foresees "limited participation by Bharti and Vodafone Idea (Vi) in the 5G auction, given the high reserve p...

Market leader Jio has called for an urgent sale as it needs spectrum both to cater to the demands of its rapidly growing users as well as t...

“At best, we feel the auctions will fetch around Rs 40,000 crore. Banks,particularly government banks, are wary of further lending to telco...

The deferment will be a relief to the sector which sought the auctions to be held 2019 late due to financial stress.

Another official privy to the development said the much-awaited recommendations pertaining to the spectrum pricing (including for 4G and 5G...

Having lagged on both 3G and 4G fronts, the Indian government wants to draw level with the rest of the world on 5G, and has set in motion p...

Sources said Telecom Commission will consider Trai's pricing recommendations on 2G, 3G and 4G airwaves at its meeting on March 28.

Spectrum auctions, including an instalment payable from the 2015 sale, are expected to be the largest contributor with projections ofRs 25,...

This comes in the wake of the Finance Ministry asking the Department of Telecommunications to explore the feasibility of 4G auctions.

The notice challenges a decision to allow the Jio to offer voice services over the broadband spectrum it won in the 2010 4G auctions.

The govt can learn from this auction and let the market discover the price of a natural resource on its own, say analysts.

In 2000, at the height of the tech bubble, telecom operators fell over themselves to snap up 3G or third generation mobile licenses in an a...