Telecom Regulation
Telecom Sector – Multiple Licenses a Liability or a Liberator?
Section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 gives the Central Government the power to grant license on such...
Ultimately, It’s About Policy Clarity and Precision!
Yesterday, the SC came down heavily upon the operators that it won't allow them to highjack its judgment by enabling them...
DoT AGR Demand – Operator Impact
(This note has been edited after availability of actual numbers in DoT's application for modification filed on 16th March 2020)...
Improving AGR Regulation
The whole purpose of regulating the telecom sector is to use incentives/disincentives as tools to drive government objectives. What are...
AGR Issue: Operator Payment Options
This purpose of this note is to analyse the impact on Bharti and VodafoneIdea in case DoT was to collect...
VNO & Spectrum Sharing etc have failed to take off, but why?
On 31st August 2018, DoT issued the guidelines for the grant of Unified License (Virtual Network Operator). The first and second...
No Technology Can Win Without a Conducive Regulatory Framework, Agree?
To enable us to decide, let's investigate the Indian telecom industry from this context. In the process, the readers can...
The Unintended Consequences of Regulatory Actions in Telecom: When Good Intentions Go Wrong
Have you ever wondered why while trying to regulate a sector, positive intent do not always translate into positive outcomes?...
What is the basic problem with revenue share?
The structure of the license fees as % of AGR (Adjusted Gross Revenue) is an outcome of the "migration package"...
License Fees @ % of Revenue : What is the dispute all about?
Background The decision to charge a license fee as a share of revenue was offered by the DoT as a "migration...