Top mobile operators have urged the telecom department (DoT) to speed up harmonisation of 1800 MHz airwaves, an exercise that will free up an additional 10 MHz of contiguous 4G services spectrum in the band in the run-up to the next auction likely in March next year.
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Spectrum auctions likely in early 2016
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning another bumper auction of telecom spectrum that may even surpass record sales in March.
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DoT plans two-phase spectrum auctions
In an attempt to strike a balance between the need to put more airwaves up for sale and meet revenue targets for this fiscal year
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Centre to bring in pvt cos for NOFN project
The government has decided to bring in the private sector to speed up the Rs 20,100-crore national broadband project to connect the far-flung areas of the country.
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Mobile towers project in naxal-hit areas affected by wrong estimates
Progress in the Rs 3,046-crore mobile phone towers project in naxal affected areas across nine states is stuck due to wrong estimates by the Department of Telecom.
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Rs 6.5 lakh cr investment by 2017
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has projected an investment of Rs 6,50,000 crore in the sector in the next five years.
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DoT mulling MVNO model
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is conĆĀsidering the introduction of a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model to set up a wireless broadband network in rural areas.
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Analysis: The future of scalability lies in sharing
The telecom towers business in India is lucrative with long-term growth prospects. Due to increasing penetration of advanced technologies in the market, and as telecom operators are seeking to tap into further opportunities that 3G and BwA rollouts have initiated
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DoT sops to telcos likely
Telecom service providers in the country may get sops from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the form of subsidy, for increasing mobile coverage in rural areas.
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Annual subsidy for PSUs
Due to the deteriorating performance of PSUs, the department has revived its proposal for the merger of BSNL and MTNL.