TDSAT upholds Qualcomm's plea opposing reduction in licence period of BWA spectrumA TDSAT bench, headed by its Chairman Justice S B Sinha, set aside the Department of Telecom's (DoT's) direction reducing the licence perio...
17 Oct, 2012, 12.50 PM IST
- DoT to seek finmin nod to refund Rs 6,724.51 crore to BSNL for surrendered BWA airwaves
DoT will seek the finmin's approval to refund Rs 6,724.51 cr to BSNL before re-selling its surrendered broadband wireless airwaves in six r...
01 Oct, 2012, 10.06 AM IST
- TDSAT reserves order on Qualcomm plea
A TDSAT bench headed by its Chairman Justice S B Sinha reserved its order after briefly hearing the arguments from the Department of Teleco...
21 Aug, 2012, 09.54 PM IST
- Finance Ministry pushes for wireless broadband spectrum auction
The DoT may not have enough spectrum available on a pan-India level since the ministry of defence is yet to vacate airwaves.
21 Jul, 2011, 04.03 AM IST
- Finance ministry tells telecom department DoT to expedite wireless broadband spectrum auction
The finance ministry, in a July 8 letter, has asked the telecom department to immediately auction one block of airwaves which can be used b...
14 Jul, 2011, 04.26 AM IST
- Another bonanza for govt? Airwaves in 700 MHz band to be sold in 2012
India’s next major spectrum auctions will involve airwaves in the 700 MHz band, which is largely used by DD for broadcast services.
24 Feb, 2011, 01.10 AM IST
- Qualcomm gets nod to invest in Indian JVs
The Indian government arm that approves all major foreign investments into the country has cleared US-based chipmaker Qualcomm's plan to in...
14 Jan, 2011, 03.01 AM IST
- End spectrum hoarding: Penalise non-provision of service
After won the BWA spectrum and licence in four circles, Qualcomm now wants to sell these.
30 Oct, 2010, 07.50 AM IST
- BSNL seeks 5 days for BWA payment
State-run BSNL has sought up to five days extension from the department of telecom to pay Rs 8,313.8 crore for Broadband Wireless Access (B...
24 Jun, 2010, 06.13 AM IST
- ET in a classroom: How fast will I be able to surf net?
Airwaves that enable access to faster internet data at download rates as high as 6-10 MBPS via the wireless medium.
12 Jun, 2010, 01.10 AM IST
- Pan-India BWA bid at Rs 8,604 cr, govt rev at Rs 25,812 cr
The pan-India bid license for Broadband Wireless Access spectrum touched Rs 8,604 crore on Wednesday.
02 Jun, 2010, 09.44 PM IST
- India broadband bids at $1.35 billion in opening week
India received bids totalling Rs 62.73 billion ($1.35 billion) for one set of nationwide wireless broadband spectrum licences in the first ...
30 May, 2010, 11.59 AM IST
- Protect the public interest
Public interest in wireless broadband should be available.
05 Apr, 2010, 04.18 AM IST
- Delink WiMax auctions from 3G
Given the enormous opportunity cost to our country from delays in rolling out of broadband services, de-linking 3G & BWA auctions is in the...
16 Feb, 2010, 06.21 AM IST
- Trai hits out at DoT, now over WiMax
Telecom regulator Trai has slammed the communications ministry for being secretive about the amount of wireless broadband (WiMAX) spectrum ...
14 Jul, 2008, 12.34 AM IST
- TRAI seeks stakeholders' views on new spectrum bands for BWA
In an effort to make more spectrum available for wireless broadband access, telecom regulator TRAI on Friday sought stakeholders' views on ...
02 May, 2008, 07.25 PM IST
- Extended C-band for Wi-Max maybe on cards
The government is likely to ask satellite-based TV channels which currently use the lower extended C band of satellite spectrum to shift to...
12 Feb, 2007, 03.05 AM IST