Auction of 3G spectrum and BWA is expected to complete by January 2010. Big mobile operators are well planned to kick start implementation as soon as possible. Who ever owns the spectrum, what is in it for the government? Like sea, land, and minerals WIRELESS SPECTRUM is considered to be a key national resource. Every technology can not operate in every possible spectrum, It has limitation in terms of Radio propagation, coverage, expected quality and so on. So allocating a spectrum becomes a critical activity of the government with incremental revenue generating opportunity. Since the number of operator want to participate in this telecommunication business is high, like any other opportunistic business environment, Auction process increments expected revenue.
The Government expects to get over Rs 25,000 crore from 3G spectrum allocation alone. "From the five players, we expect Rs 20,000 crore and another Rs 5,000 crore would come from bidding process. It can even be higher," From BWA auction government is expected to generate minimum of 10000 crore additional revenue.
Even before spectrum allocation decision, Bharati airtel has announced it's participation in 3G auction. "If everything goes well on time with regard to spectrum auction, by February or March we will have spectrum allocation. By next Diwali (2010), we will have commercial launch of 3G services in India," Bharti Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli.
It would be interesting to see how far the fight for spectrum goes. More the intensity more will be the revenue to government. But considering the low price high volume indian telecommunication market. 25k crore is gettable in few years time. Looking forward to spectrum war. Once more put off will definitely bring down the interest on customers. Let see how indian Telecom market react to DATA intensive 3G (W-CDMA, and EVDO) and BWA (Mobile WiMax, LTE, WiMax advanced) technologies.
The Government expects to get over Rs 25,000 crore from 3G spectrum allocation alone. "From the five players, we expect Rs 20,000 crore and another Rs 5,000 crore would come from bidding process. It can even be higher," From BWA auction government is expected to generate minimum of 10000 crore additional revenue.
Even before spectrum allocation decision, Bharati airtel has announced it's participation in 3G auction. "If everything goes well on time with regard to spectrum auction, by February or March we will have spectrum allocation. By next Diwali (2010), we will have commercial launch of 3G services in India," Bharti Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli.
It would be interesting to see how far the fight for spectrum goes. More the intensity more will be the revenue to government. But considering the low price high volume indian telecommunication market. 25k crore is gettable in few years time. Looking forward to spectrum war. Once more put off will definitely bring down the interest on customers. Let see how indian Telecom market react to DATA intensive 3G (W-CDMA, and EVDO) and BWA (Mobile WiMax, LTE, WiMax advanced) technologies.
3 Years is a too short period. Spectrum cost is one of the expense, huge investment is required to give ubiquitous coverage.
Very true. Here i haven't consider the full ROI model.