Spectrum Auctions
Indian Auctions — Spectrum For Display Or Sale?
Looks like that the Indian spectrum auctions have become mega-events of “Spectrum Display” than “Sale”. Why? A huge amount of spectrum...
Does Spectrum Auction Truely Reflects Market Price?
It is important to answer this question since this number gets indexed as the reserve price for the next round...
TRAI’s Spectrum Pricing Model: It is biased towards last bid value?
Recently TRAI came out with the recommendation of reserve prices for various spectrum bands for the next auction. One must...
Deferred Payment Calculation Formula
The spectrum auctions in India allows an operator to make payment a certain portion of the auction value in a...
Indian Spectrum Auction: The Key Issues and Learnings
In this note, I plan to do a detailed analysis of the various auctions which have taken place in India...
Spectrum Auction Price Trends
The purpose of this note is to aggregate the prices of spectrum across various bands at different times in India....
The Story of Spectrum Auctions
The story of Indian spectrum auction is complex, and it has taken me a while to collate the data used...
Unequal Block Sizes might Result in Unsold Spectrum & Fragmentation
TRAI's recommendation on spectrum dated 27th Jan 2016 recommends the following block sizes for respective bidders based on their status...
High Price of Spectrum is due to Irrational Bidding or Auction Design?
It is a common perception that bidding in auctions should be driven by economic principles based on a sound business rationale....
The Mystery of Unsold Spectrum!!
Introduction The auction of 2015 was a huge success. It resulted in a total revenue of Rs 1.1 lakh crores...