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...
18 Apr, 2022, 06.15 PM IST
TRAI recommends SUC be levied on only shared bands, not entire spectrum holdingThe telecom regulator has recommended that the incremental spectrum usage charge (SUC) of 0.5% levied on operators when they share airwaves...
18 Aug, 2020, 08.12 AM IST
Telecom Commission sets SUC at 3% of revenue; Reliance Jio, Aircel may have to pay moreIncumbent GSM operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, which pay a higher SUC, wanted a flat revenue share rate across all airwave band...
26 Jul, 2016, 12.49 AM IST
Department of Telecom left with 3 choices on Spectrum usual chargeDoT though may also put up Trai’s suggested formula for the Cabinet’s consideration, but flag its strong reservations, an official told ET ...
18 Jul, 2016, 04.14 AM IST
Trai SUC formula too complicated: Analysts and industry expertsIndustry experts also feel that acceptance of Trai’s weighted average formula will increase the SUC value of already expensive 4G spectrum ...
18 Jul, 2016, 03.01 AM IST
Trai to give view on spectrum usage charge this weekThe DoT had sought views of the attorney general on whether the govt could do away with charging different SUC rates for operators and adop...
12 Jul, 2016, 06.18 AM IST
Trai's view on spectrum usage charges this weekThe Cabinet last month approved spectrum auction rules except spectrum usage charges (SUC) recommended by the inter-ministerial panel Telec...
11 Jul, 2016, 07.52 PM IST
Department of Telecom writes to Trai for views on annual spectrum chargesThe Cabinet on Wednesday approved spectrum auction rules except SUC recommended by the inter-ministerial panel -- the Telecom Commission.
24 Jun, 2016, 07.23 PM IST
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.
08 Jun, 2016, 12.55 AM IST
Telecom Commission sticks to 3% SUC rate"DoT to move Cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultation on spectrum auction in a week. All the spectrum bands will be auctioned simult...
07 Jun, 2016, 09.28 PM IST
GSM telcos want SUC at a flat 3% now, 1% eventually; say Jio differsIn a letter dated April 7 to Telecom Secretary JS Deepak and to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Chairman RS Sharma.
08 Apr, 2016, 05.08 AM IST
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.
07 Apr, 2016, 11.10 PM IST
Don't hike broadband service providers spectrum charge: Attorney General G E VahanvatiVahanvati has said that spectrum usage charges (SUC) for 4G operators should not be raised from 1 per cent to 3 per cent, citing legal impl...
24 Jan, 2014, 11.33 AM IST
DoT to keep govt’s revenues in mind while setting SUC rateThe ministry has written to DoT suggesting that SUC should be fixed at a rate which ensures that the government’s revenue receipts aren’t a...
24 Jan, 2014, 04.46 AM IST
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...
06 Jan, 2014, 03.52 PM IST
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.
02 Jan, 2014, 02.24 PM IST
DoT discards Trai clarifications on levying flat spectrum usage chargeIn the NIA for the BWA airwaves auction three years ago, DoT had pegged the SUC at 1% of AGR for spectrum winners.
31 Oct, 2013, 04.40 AM IST