The Telecom Commission in its meeting had accepted TRAI's recommendation to conduct spectrum auction at least 18 months prior to expiry of ...

Vodafone and Airtel have applied for new telecom permits - Unified Licence - to continue their businesses in some service areas, including ...

Govt will auction about 165 megahertz of spectrum in financial year 2014-15 that is held by telecom operators whose licences are set to exp...

Government today unveiled long awaited Unified Licence norms that provide for delinking of spectrum from operational permits.

The EGoM would also deliberate on whether to continue with the staggered payment model and the quantum of spectrum to be auctioned.

Telecom companies seeking 'extension' of their permits would have to obtain Unified Licence and buy spectrum separately to continue their o...

GSM operators will be allowed to retain 2.5 Mhz in each circle in the same band even after expiry of their licences after paying a market-d...

Loop's guarantees are expiring on January 9, 2013 and it was not legally bound to renew it, the company had contended.

DoT has proposed to charge for all spectrum held by existing players at the rates which new telcos will pay in the airwaves auction.

TDSAT has asked Etisalat DB to renew only 25 per cent of its financial bank guarantee submitted by the operator to government.

This coupled with higher price for spectrum may force the operators to charge more for almost all services especially mobile and broadband ...

Amid controversy over allocation of spectrum and grant of telecom licences, government said all licences are proposed to be renewed after 1...

TRAI said the proposed hike in spectrum fees would not be a drain on the revenues of telecom operators, some of whom have raised a hue and ...

The government is planning to come up with guidelines based on which the telecom operators will be allowed to continue using the spectrum a...

Service providers are already lobbying hard for long-term extensions at a nominal fee while also adding that they be given the first right ...

Telcos should pay fee equal to the market value of spectrum, recommends govt panel.

The finance ministry now wants the department of telecom (DoT) to consult it on the fee that telcos will have to pay to extend the tenure o...