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Decks cleared for 5G auction but will you enjoy the benefits anytime soon?

The govt is planning to roll out 5G for sometime now. But the telecom operators look upset, as some of their demands have not been fulfilled -- suggesting a lukewarm response of the upcoming auction

The Department of Telecom is likely to move the 5G spectrum auction proposal to the Union Cabinet for final approval next week, an official source said on Tuesday.

It had earlier levied Rs 21 lakh per transponder a year for 36 MHz of spectrum on pro-rata basis

Telcos have been unhappy that the base price fixed by the regulator for a period of 30 years is virtually the same as what they had recommended in 2018 at Rs 492 crore for a pan-India 1Mhz spectrum.

Sources DoT has written to Union Health Ministry requesting it to drop these pre-call announcements and caller tunes

The DoT in the licence amendment has incorporated M2M with pan-India permit, limited to circle level and district level, according to a circular

A two-member bench observed that the appellate tribunal earlier this month had already set aside the June 8 order passed by the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)

The move comes even as its rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have said they will avail the four-year moratorium on payment of dues

Bharti Airtel has already decided to opt for a four-year moratorium on spectrum and adjusted gross revenue dues payable to the government

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reviewed the progress of capital expenditure by the civil aviation ministry and the telecom department and asked them to expedite projects

It is learnt that the letter of acceptance was sent by the company to the department of telecommunications (DoT) last week

Telcos have been given time till October 29 to communicate whether they wish to avail a moratorium on payment of spectrum dues and AGR

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio get 3 months to inform DoT on equity conversion

The DoT notified the PLI scheme for telecom and networking products on February 24 with a financial outlay of Rs 12,195 crore, over the five years

Dixon Technologies plans to acquire a Ludhiana-based manufacturing unit of Bharti Group to start making telecom gears under the production-linked incentive scheme announced for the sector

The notification follows the blockbuster reforms and support package announced last month by the government for the telecom industry

DoT had recently issued demand notices to both the telcos to pay cumulative Rs 3,050 crore in penalties in three weeks' time for violating norms by denying Reliance Jio PoIs way back in 2016

Telecom operators have been allowed to digitise customer application forms, a move that is expected to ease updation of subscribers' data

First test call on indigenously-developed 4G technology, installed in BSNL network for trial, was made on Sunday by Department of Telecom secretary to Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Telecom firms will now provide a performance bank guarantee of up to Rs 44 crore for each service for the licence compared to Rs 220 crore mandated