New Delhi: Telecom Minister ashwini vaishnav Telecom service providers on Thursday were asked to gear up for 5G launch after the spectrum allocation letter was issued.
For the first time, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued spectrum assignment letters on the same day the successful bidders of radio waves made advance payments.
Vaishnav wrote on a social media platform, “5G update: Spectrum assignment letter issued. Requested TSP to prepare for 5G launch.”
Department of Telecom has received payment of about Rs 17,876 crore from service providers in- Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, adani data network And Vodafone Idea won in a recent auction for spectrum.
India’s biggest ever auction of telecom spectrum received a record Rs 1.5 lakh crore bids Mukesh AmbaniJio owns nearly half of all the airwaves sold with a bid of Rs 87,946.93 crore.
Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Bharti Mittal said that his company Bharti Airtel received a spectrum allotment letter within hours of making the advance payment to the DoT.
“In my more than 30 years of firsthand experience with DoT, this is a first! Business is as it should be. Leadership at work – at the top and at the top of telecom. What a change! Change that can transform this country – a developed Give strength to your dreams of becoming a nation.” Mittal Told.
Airtel acquired 19,867.8 MHz spectrum by acquiring a pan-India footprint of 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands and selectively purchased radio waves in the low and mid-band spectrum for Rs 43,039.63 crore.
“Airtel paid Rs 8,312.4 crore towards spectrum dues and within hours was provided allotment letter for specified frequency band. E band allocation was given with spectrum as promised. No fuss, no follow up, There’s no running around the aisles and no tall claims, it’s ease of doing business at work, Mittal said.
Airtel has said that it will start 5G service this month.
While all telecom operators have opted to pay in 20 annual instalments, Bharti Airtel has paid Rs 8,312.4 crore, equivalent to four annual instalments.
Reliance Jio has paid Rs 7,864.78 crore, Vodafone Idea has paid Rs 1,679.98 crore and Adani Data Networks has paid Rs 18.94 crore.
Richest Indian Gautam Adani’s group has put in a bid of Rs 211.86 crore for the 400 MHz band, which is not used to offer public telephony services.
For the first time, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued spectrum assignment letters on the same day the successful bidders of radio waves made advance payments.
Vaishnav wrote on a social media platform, “5G update: Spectrum assignment letter issued. Requested TSP to prepare for 5G launch.”
Department of Telecom has received payment of about Rs 17,876 crore from service providers in- Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, adani data network And Vodafone Idea won in a recent auction for spectrum.
India’s biggest ever auction of telecom spectrum received a record Rs 1.5 lakh crore bids Mukesh AmbaniJio owns nearly half of all the airwaves sold with a bid of Rs 87,946.93 crore.
Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Bharti Mittal said that his company Bharti Airtel received a spectrum allotment letter within hours of making the advance payment to the DoT.
“In my more than 30 years of firsthand experience with DoT, this is a first! Business is as it should be. Leadership at work – at the top and at the top of telecom. What a change! Change that can transform this country – a developed Give strength to your dreams of becoming a nation.” Mittal Told.
Airtel acquired 19,867.8 MHz spectrum by acquiring a pan-India footprint of 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands and selectively purchased radio waves in the low and mid-band spectrum for Rs 43,039.63 crore.
“Airtel paid Rs 8,312.4 crore towards spectrum dues and within hours was provided allotment letter for specified frequency band. E band allocation was given with spectrum as promised. No fuss, no follow up, There’s no running around the aisles and no tall claims, it’s ease of doing business at work, Mittal said.
Airtel has said that it will start 5G service this month.
While all telecom operators have opted to pay in 20 annual instalments, Bharti Airtel has paid Rs 8,312.4 crore, equivalent to four annual instalments.
Reliance Jio has paid Rs 7,864.78 crore, Vodafone Idea has paid Rs 1,679.98 crore and Adani Data Networks has paid Rs 18.94 crore.
Richest Indian Gautam Adani’s group has put in a bid of Rs 211.86 crore for the 400 MHz band, which is not used to offer public telephony services.