Why Mobile Coverage In India Not Ubiquitous? Unpacking the Impact of High License Fees
Explore why India's telecom services struggle with quality and coverage. I break down the heavy financial burdens of license and ...
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Balancing Act: Navigating Vodafone Idea’s Debt Dilemma and the GOI’s Equity Gamble
In a notable move, the Government of India (GOI) converted the interest payment obligations of Vodafone Idea (VI) during the ...
Challenges in Indian Policy Making
Today, I intend to delve into a subject often regarded as taboo: the formulation of regulations, particularly concerning the allocation ...
The Collateral Damage of VI going out of business
In today’s world, the role of the telecom sector is indisputable. It lays the foundation for our world going towards ...
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 ...
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) ...
Was SC’s Interpretation of AGR the Real Intent of DoT?
The recent SC judgment on AGR dispute has created ripples in the telecom sector. The reason - the telecom companies ...
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 ...
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 ...