Telecom & IT
BSNL’s Revival Plan — Falling Just Short of the Finish Line
Recently the GOI announced a revival plan for BSNL for Rs 89 K Cr. In my, view the plan just...
Licensing OTT Apps- Does it make any sense?
For the last few months, the GOI (Government of India) has been debating the new telecom bill. The bill has...
Indian Spectrum Auctions — Unraveling the Key Distortions
Exploring how distorted spectrum auctions have reshaped India's telecom landscape, raising costs and stifling competition.
India’s Recent Loss in WTO — An Analysis
On 17 April, the WTO circulated three-panel reports on the cases brought by the European Union, Japan, and Chinese Taipei...
The Battle of Linear TV — OTT vs DTH
The newspapers are flooded with stories about the DTH players (Airtel & Tata) complaining to TRAI about the plans of...
Satellite Spectrum Assignment — The TRAI’s Dilemma
If constant regulatory supervision is needed for satellite spectrum sharing, treating it as 'exclusive' and auctioning it like terrestrial services...
How to Improve the Quality of 5G Services in India
India started the 5G services with a lot of enthusiasm, hope, and expectation. The path toward the launch was not...
VI — The Road Ahead
Recently the GOI decided to convert the VI’s interest payment obligations during the moratorium period into preferential equity. Doing so...
The Key Challenges of Bailing out VI
This note is a follow-up to my earlier writings on this topic. The first one is titled — “The Collateral...
Does VI deserve a bailout? If yes, why?
Normally, businesses routinely go bankrupt — driven mainly by wrong financial decisions or a host of uncontrolled factors such as...