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? ...
Tag: Spectrum Pricing
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 ...
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 ...
The untold story of the 2G scam
What is the public perception about the impact of the 2G scam? No prizes for guessing as the answer seems ...
What is wrong with spectrum prices?
Do you know that prices emanating out of the spectrum auctions in India do not correlate with the revenue potential ...
Has the Indian telecom industry stagnated?
The chart above captures the total gross revenue (GR) of the Indian telecom industry as reported by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory ...
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 ...
Pricing Rationale of 700 MHz band
TRAI on 27th Jan 2016 recommended that the 700 MHz band should be priced at 4 times that of 1800 ...
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. ...