A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 9)
Introduction The Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) auction of 2010 began just two days after the conclusion of the 3G auction,...
A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 8)
Introduction The 3G auction, initially announced by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in 2008, was meant to usher in a...
A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 7)
Introduction In continuation of the saga of the 2007/08 cellular licenses, this part explores the regulatory responses to the challenges...
A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 6)
Introduction to New Cellular Licenses The year 2007/08 marked yet another turning point in the Indian telecom landscape. Similar to...
A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 5)
Introduction By 2003, the telecom landscape in India had become increasingly complicated, with numerous players holding different types of licenses....
A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 4)
Basic Service License (1997) In 1995, bids were also invited for basic telephony services with the license fee payable for...
A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 3)
Introduction Following the issuance of the initial cellular licenses in 1994, which revealed several structural challenges, the government decided to...
A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 2)
Introduction The initial step towards private sector participation in the Indian telecom sector began in 1994 with the introduction of...
A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 1)
Preface The purpose of this series is to analyze what went wrong with India's telecom licensing regime and why a...
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