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The 2021 spectrum auction began on 1 March 2021 with a total of 2308.80 MHz spectrum available for auction. Three bidders participated in the auction - Airtel , Vi , and Reliance Jio . [ 53 ] The auction concluded after 2 days with bids being received for 37% of the spectrum on offer.
Based on the proceeds from the 3.45 GHz auction, auctioning the lower 3 GHz could bring in $76.3 billion to the Treasury given that it has about 350 MHz of spectrum ripe for auction.
Jio owns spectrum in 850 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands in India's 22 circles, and also owns pan-India licensed 2,300 MHz spectrum. The spectrum is valid until 2035. [37] Jio also picked up pan-India licenses in the 700 MHz, 3,500 MHz and 26 GHz spectrum bands in the DoT's 2022 5G auction. [38]
In India, electromagnetic spectrum, being a scarce resource for wireless communication, is auctioned by the Government of India to telecom companies for use. As an example of its value, in 2010, 20 Hertz of 3G spectrum was auctioned for ₹ 677 billion (US$7.8 billion). This part of the spectrum is allocated for terrestrial communication (cell ...
A spectrum auction is a process whereby a government uses an auction system to sell the rights to transmit signals over specific bands of the electromagnetic spectrum and to assign scarce spectrum resources. Depending on the specific auction format used, a spectrum auction can last from a single day to several months from the opening bid to the ...
A similar reallocation was employed in 1989 to expand analog cellphone service, having previously eliminated TV channels 70-83 at the uppermost UHF frequencies.This created an unusual situation where old TV tuning equipment was able to listen to cellular phone calls, although such activity was made illegal and the FCC prohibited the sale of future devices with that capability.
Pages in category "Spectrum auctions" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2G spectrum case;
On 19 May 2010, the broadband wireless access (BWA) or 4G spectrum auction in India ended. Airtel paid ₹ 33.1436 billion (US$380 million) for spectrum in 4 circles: Maharashtra and Goa, Karnataka, Punjab and Kolkata. [18] The company was allocated 20 MHz of BWA spectrum in 2.3 GHz frequency band.