RCOM and Reliance Jio Infocomm are set to announce a pan-India spectrum sharing-cumtrading agreement as early as next week.

Reliance Communications (RCOM), too will benefit as it will gain access to Jio’s 4G network in the 10 circles at virtually zero incremental...

Reliance Jio has in the past entered into swap deals with other operators with DoT's approval to arrive at the most efficient configuration.

Tata Tele surprised many by aggressively going after LTE spectrum in the 800 MHz band, thwarting Reliance Jio Infocomm’s efforts to acquire...

The DoT, however, isn't in favour of auctioning the freed-up 3G airwaves along with the 2G bandwidth due to be sold next February, dashing ...

DoT has admitted to scarcity of spectrum availability to private telcos, raising hopes that govt will take speedy steps to spur M&A.

At present, only eight contiguous blocks of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band are available in a total four out of India’s 22 circles.

The COAI is the industry lobby body representing GSM operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular among others.

GSM lobby group COAI said the reserve price recommended by Trai was “significantly lower than prices realised” for 900 MHz band in recently...

(Trai) in February proposed that the government start auction with a base price of Rs 2,685 crore for a pan-India block of 1 Mhz spectrum.

The telecom industry has readied its wish list for the next communications minister as the parliamentary polls move into high gear day by d...

The association has called for rationalisation of taxes and levies, which it said aggregated to 30% of telecom revenues in India.

Sistema Shyam, which is the Indian unit of Russian conglomerate Sistema, is among the few telcos offering pure-play CDMA services under the...

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.

“We are of the view that these restrictions are not called for various technical and commercial considerations,” the company said in a lett...

The telecom regulator will also define timelines and processes for transferring wireless telegraphy licences

The telecom department could hold the 2G spectrum auctions in a two-stage bidding process in order to charge a premium for a contiguous ban...