Top telcos can save Rs 4,200-4,500 crore a year on SUC on 28 GHz buy: IIFLIIFL added that such robust annual SUC savings could potentially result in “EV (enterprise value) upsides of a whopping $3.5 billion, $3 bi...
Cabinet approves three per cent SUC for upcoming spectrum auctionsDoT will issue the NIA next week. It typically takes around 45 days from the NIA issue to the start of the sale. NIA lays out rules for the...
Telecom Commission lowers spectrum usage fee for telcos to 3% of revenue for upcoming auctionCOAI had sought a uniform SUC rate of 3% for all assigned airwaves and wanted this to be reduced to 1% in a phased manner.
Reliance Jio, GSM telcos clash over spectrum usage chargeIn a string of letters to the telecom department (DoT), COAI had recently called for a uniform annual levy of 3% of yearly revenue for usin...
COAI seeks uniformity in usage charge at 3% for all airwavesThe industry body has written to Department of Telecom (DoT) and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), pressing its demand on SUC.
Government slashes spectrum use charge, phone bills may dropIn a move that could lower consumer tariffs for calls and broadband while also freeing up cash for debt-laden mobile service operators.
Airtel joins Vodafone, seeks spectrum usage charge parity for 3G airwavesBharti Airtel has written to the telecom department, suggesting that the new weighted average way of calculating SUC should apply to 3G as ...
Vodafone India seeks spectrum usage charge parity for 3G, BWA airwavesVoda expressed its reservations on the effectiveness of the revised regime in fully addressing the fundamental underlying issues and concer...
SUC average should apply to 3G specturm won in 2010: VodafoneVodafone has demanded that the weighted average approach for Spectrum Usage Charge should also be applied to the 3G radiowaves which it won...
Telecom Commission meeting on uniform spectrum usage charges likely next weekThe panel discussed the matter in its meeting on January 7 but could not finalise a view. Sources said the matter requires further delibera...
GSM companies misleading the government, Reliance Jio tells telecom departmentReliance Jio Infocomm has asked the government to withdraw airwaves allocated administratively to GSM operators if they are unwilling to sh...
Flat spectrum fee harmful to level-playing field: Reliance JioRJIL said that SUC terms are based on notice issued (NIA) for spectrum auctions based on which companies buy airwaves.
Telecom Commission to meet again in 2-3 days on spectrum feeGSM players like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Uninor have been demanding implementation of uniform SUC.
Videocon demands lower SUC rates for newer telcosArvind Bali, CEO of Videocon Telecom has also demanded lower SUC regime for new players, which he said would ensure level playing field for...
Telecom Commission likely to meet on January 7The views of TC will be sent to the Empowered Group of Ministers on telecom, headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
DoT estimates Rs 3,738 cr loss on lowering SUC from 3 licencesAirtel's licences in Delhi and Kolkata, Vodafone's in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata and Loop Mobile's in Mumbai are to expire in 2014.
Telco chiefs demand uniform spectrum fee of 1% before auctionCEOs of the four telecom operators said that 1 per cent SUC is applicable if 4G is launched in 2300 MHz spectrum band (held by RJIL).