27 Mar 2015
Spectrum allotment and call rate
Participants:
Sadana Dixit, former member, Telephone commission and Praful srivatsava, PTI.
Specturm
auction - Huge revenue to the government – around Rs.1 Lak 10 k crore – Books
of telecom operation and financial impact on their performance – what benefit the public/consumer?
Tariff
cannot be predicted now – it depends up on the Spectrum band they have taken
and Two year moratorium period;
Investment
– Capital Expenditure –
In
the beginning, the spectrum in pan-India basis was Rs.1658 Cr but later
Bharathi Airtel or Vodafone paid Rs. 21,000 Cr for limited circle – The rate is
12-13 times higher;
It’s
because of the competition which had been shoot-up in the later stages;
Spectrum
sharing – to – Spectrum trading;
Future opportunity for the telecom
operators in India?
It
has very low tariff ratio. Large number of prepaid Network.
New
Telecom policy and new guidelines. It going bring a bounce to the sector.
Tremendous scope in the rural areas; Optical fibre network plus Mobile
broadband network;
What
are the factors which keep the tariff lower?
1.
Volume of service provided.
2.
Value added services;
800
MHz bought earlier – didn’t get good responds.
Note:
Minimum Reserve Price, Beauty Contest, Spectrum management policy under NTP
1999;
Read,
Spectrum management in India
Also
refer:
TRAI consultation paper on Spectrum Auction
TRAI
consultation paper on OTT services (Net neutrality)
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