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 ...
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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 ...
Satellite Spectrum — Auction or Not
In the past few months, I have written many articles on the satellite spectrum — how it is different from its ...
Satellite Spectrum — Auction vs Administrative Assignment (Pros & Cons)
On 24th Sept 2022, ET published a story quoting the Telecom Minister stating that the DoT has sent a reference to the ...
Satellite Spectrum — Auction or Not, and Why?
Most countries follow a policy of assigning spectrum for terrestrial services through a process of auction. In India, the practice ...
5G Needs Backhaul Spectrum — Are we ready?
The issue of the assignment of spectrum to the operators for backhauling access traffic has been a point of debate ...
Indian Telecom’s AGR Tangle – Who is at fault?
On 1st Sept 2020, the historic AGR case, which had rattled the telecom sector for the past two decades, concluded ...
SC Judgment on AGR: Rationale and Implications
Recently (24th Oct 2019), the Supreme Court decided the "definition of revenue" on which license fee shall be applicable. The case ...
2G Spectrum Case
On 21st Dec 2017, the special judge pronounced the judgment in the 2G case. It was a shocker to the ...
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 ...