Comments on: 3G Spectrum. COAI offers mere Rs300 crores

By: goBroadband » Blog Archive » TRAI recommendations on 3G spectrum released

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:48:37 +0000

[...] This implies a base price of Rs1,050 crores for all India presence above which the auctions will be held. Recall, the GSM association had offered Rs300 crores for the spectrum. The regulator has recommended three sets of frequency bands – 450 mhz, 800 mhz and 2.1 ghz. The allocation of 3G should be treated as a standalone exercise and not as an extension to existing 2G spectrum. Stiff penalty for non-compliance. The 3G services are expected to be available at most places in India by Q2-2007. [...]

By: Broadband and Convergence India » Blog Archive » Cable TV operators join 3G tug of war.

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:38:22 +0000

[...] On one hand the GSM operators are lobbying hard for cheaper 3G entry. On th other hand, Reliance a CDMA operator which feels humiliated by Qualcomm’s indifferent treatment on tax issues has thrown its bid for 3G space in both GSM and CDMA. Enter, third player, the Cable TV Operators of India. They want a slice of 3G spectrum to offer Mobile TV and Broadband and hopefully not IPTV in India. However, for existing cable companies like Asianet in Kerala which also offers Internet may make sense of IPTV offerring. Zee which currently offers Cable TV(Siticable) and Direct To Home (Dish TV India) is the first cable operator to bid for 3G spectrum. They are of the opinion that more cable operators will join the bidding soon. All this implies that the government will be forced to auction the precious spectrum thus leading to a bidding war soon. [...]

By: Chetan

Chetan — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:10:00 +0000

Just confirmed that, Reliance is offering Rs150 crores for all the circles in Category A and not for individual circles of category A. So thus their total offering for PAN-India 3G license is as low as Rs300 crores.