COAI had sought a uniform SUC rate of 3% for all assigned airwaves and wanted this to be reduced to 1% in a phased manner.

Shares of Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications rose sharply Monday on news the Telecom Commission has lowered spectrum ...

If telco A with 10 MHz shares spectrum with telco B holding 8MHz, the bandwidth counted for calculating spectrum usage charges will be 14MH...

As per the Department of Telecom, at the end of 61st round, about 87 per cent of the spectrum has been provisionally allocated to bidders.

At present, over 84% of the spectrum has been provisionally allocated to bidders and a majority of service areas are experiencing high leve...

Trai had suggested a base price of Rs 3,004 crore for 900 MHz spectrum sale in 18 circles and Rs 2,138 crore as the reserve price to auctio...

The telecom department has said that the defence ministry is yet to agree to swap 3G airwaves for spectrum in the 1900 Mhz frequency.

Telcos have demanded that the telecom department reject the sector regulator's recommendations on the base price of airwaves in the 800 Mhz...

Sistema Shyam provides services on 800 MHz band using the CDMA technology. It is looking to acquire more bandwidth in the same 800 MHz band.

The lobby group for dual-technology players has asked the DoT to auction airwaves in the 800 MHz band simultaneously with GSM bands of 1800...

Telecom dept appears to have hardened its stand in an increasingly uneasy confrontation with TRAI on auctioning airwaves in 800 MHz band, t...

Government's attempt to sell telecom airwaves in March has come a cropper as companies found the price fixed by the government too steep.

Co says norms for the 2nd round of spectrum auction are “discriminatory” as they fix the reserve price of 900Mhz at 3 times the price of 80...

The decision follows a recommendation by a panel of ministers to cut the price by 30 per cent or 50 per cent.

Earlier, the SC today extended the time for completing spectrum auction by Jan 11, 2013, from earlier deadline of Aug 31.

Telenor has warned it will exit India if the government accepts the telecom regulator's proposals to auction airwaves at 13 times the price...

ET looks at some of the some of the spectrum bands that can be auctioned in 2011-12 and the coming years.