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Very naive. Is this person even an adult? Giving spectrum is not an percentage calculation. Spectrum is given in blocks, not percentages. Such an idiotic idea. Also, so called fair market share can be easily manipulated temporarily by deep pocketed companies (Jio, mere laal.. ) and existing market share is itself a problem which is a result of decades of gaming of spectrum pricing by incumbents via debt. The debt funded spectrum model has to be broken but not thw naive and idiotic manner this so called journalist who seems to be a half-wit has proposed.
Why we want to jump in while premium pricing prevails ? None of the equipment companies are of Indian origin. We are talking about tapping our own domestic market, don’t overestimate the spending ability of the common man with declining GDP growth. Only the IT sector who develops applications (including new ideas and use cases) for 5G are going to get benefit, they will still benefit because the Indian Software Industry cater the needs of global market. So I don’t see a treasure trove here. Now how much we think 5G is earth shattering than 4G , at least on paper? . Still we don’t have proper 4G network in most places in India. I live in Bengaluru and I face channel congestion in 4G not coverage issue for a year now without much improvement. The companies does not need a pan india 5G rollout, they should just move their upgrade work to 5G now rather than spending on 4G or 3G infra at this point of time. I feel sorry for who ever thinks 2G rollout was a fair deal, Including our honourable court.
If Modi does this, then I am sure that this print, Wire, Quint and other soulless, brainless sold journos would be running day and night campaigns on then so called made up 5G scam by Modi.
The treachery is apparent here -_-
Taking into account of the back breaking debts and costs faced by the telecom industry and also to fulfill the need to reach the most remote village, the govt should charge GST @5% for this sector and make the spectrum fees as percentage of their revenue and not as the bulk payment to be made by the companies which have to borrow ultimately. Please note that the spectrum is owned by the Government on behalf of the nation and does not belong to any person or any entity. So there will be spectrum fees to be paid and this can be negotiated.
I totally agree to the proposal of giving 5G spectrum FREE to the existing operators only… The entire process is not a capital intensive but a resource intensive hence the money compromised upfront will eventually be made up by the government through the profits made by the operators and thus collecting higher taxes ,revenues and other levies from the operators. This way it will be easier for our country to catch up quickly, almost immediately with other advanced countries without loosing any time in the long and lengthy process such as,tender, auction and finalizing on the best bids etc.etc.
Well there is a world of difference between the initial allocation off 2G when there was nothing and the proposed allocation of 5G FREE when we have made substantial progress and growth in the telecom Industry. The possibilities of corruptions are much more higher when you have almost nothing and you start up in a total virgin market, but the chances of corruptions are almost minimal when there are well established market…
It nothing but a capitalist approach. Is 5G spectrum a such important factor for development, when govt. banks, post offices and other offices are crashing under pressure of servers non functional and work held up most of the time . The amount of work thus suffered is colossal.
PMO should ask for down time data from these offices if not already doing and find urgent solutions , if digital India is to prosper.
If 5G is going to reduce this server down time then the author of this article may be appreciated.
This is Budget time in North Block. Each cent is precious. Developing a particular technology / industry / the wider economy is not uppermost in anyone’s mind. 2. The telecom industry has been bled of vitality. The government’s share in the revenues, by way of spectrum auctions, licence fees, user charges is too high. Jio has been an enormously disruptive force. The government should sit with the industry and work out a more reasonable arrangement of revenue sharing. Else large borrowings made by the industry will turn into NPAs.
Excellent article. I totally agree that the spectrum for 5G to be given free. 5G implementation is resource intensive, if telecom operators are given free spectrum they will be encouraged to provide a robust infrastructure. government and telecoms can make money by the way of IoT for farming, manufacturing, transportation and other verticals and charge low to consumers and still make good profits.
in turn the IoT will also benefit manufacturers, farmers, transportation providers to reduce costs and better plan.
This will be a win win for all of us , effectively leading to a SMART economy.
What is the difference between A Raja giving spectrum at a low price and this author’s proposal ? There is no justification for trashing the 2 G spectrum allocations , in that case.
Exactly the same lofty goals to develop the telcos were pursued by Raja in 2008. It is BJP who is responsible for making telcos unprofitable by hiking spectrum auction prices to huge levels, without any understanding of business. Let BJP first apologise for making such a fuss over 2G and withdraw the cases against Raja et al. After that they could give 5G spectrum free as desired.
Very naive. Is this person even an adult? Giving spectrum is not an percentage calculation. Spectrum is given in blocks, not percentages. Such an idiotic idea. Also, so called fair market share can be easily manipulated temporarily by deep pocketed companies (Jio, mere laal.. ) and existing market share is itself a problem which is a result of decades of gaming of spectrum pricing by incumbents via debt. The debt funded spectrum model has to be broken but not thw naive and idiotic manner this so called journalist who seems to be a half-wit has proposed.
Why we want to jump in while premium pricing prevails ? None of the equipment companies are of Indian origin. We are talking about tapping our own domestic market, don’t overestimate the spending ability of the common man with declining GDP growth. Only the IT sector who develops applications (including new ideas and use cases) for 5G are going to get benefit, they will still benefit because the Indian Software Industry cater the needs of global market. So I don’t see a treasure trove here. Now how much we think 5G is earth shattering than 4G , at least on paper? . Still we don’t have proper 4G network in most places in India. I live in Bengaluru and I face channel congestion in 4G not coverage issue for a year now without much improvement. The companies does not need a pan india 5G rollout, they should just move their upgrade work to 5G now rather than spending on 4G or 3G infra at this point of time. I feel sorry for who ever thinks 2G rollout was a fair deal, Including our honourable court.
If Modi does this, then I am sure that this print, Wire, Quint and other soulless, brainless sold journos would be running day and night campaigns on then so called made up 5G scam by Modi.
The treachery is apparent here -_-
Taking into account of the back breaking debts and costs faced by the telecom industry and also to fulfill the need to reach the most remote village, the govt should charge GST @5% for this sector and make the spectrum fees as percentage of their revenue and not as the bulk payment to be made by the companies which have to borrow ultimately. Please note that the spectrum is owned by the Government on behalf of the nation and does not belong to any person or any entity. So there will be spectrum fees to be paid and this can be negotiated.
I totally agree to the proposal of giving 5G spectrum FREE to the existing operators only… The entire process is not a capital intensive but a resource intensive hence the money compromised upfront will eventually be made up by the government through the profits made by the operators and thus collecting higher taxes ,revenues and other levies from the operators. This way it will be easier for our country to catch up quickly, almost immediately with other advanced countries without loosing any time in the long and lengthy process such as,tender, auction and finalizing on the best bids etc.etc.
Well there is a world of difference between the initial allocation off 2G when there was nothing and the proposed allocation of 5G FREE when we have made substantial progress and growth in the telecom Industry. The possibilities of corruptions are much more higher when you have almost nothing and you start up in a total virgin market, but the chances of corruptions are almost minimal when there are well established market…
It nothing but a capitalist approach. Is 5G spectrum a such important factor for development, when govt. banks, post offices and other offices are crashing under pressure of servers non functional and work held up most of the time . The amount of work thus suffered is colossal.
PMO should ask for down time data from these offices if not already doing and find urgent solutions , if digital India is to prosper.
If 5G is going to reduce this server down time then the author of this article may be appreciated.
This is Budget time in North Block. Each cent is precious. Developing a particular technology / industry / the wider economy is not uppermost in anyone’s mind. 2. The telecom industry has been bled of vitality. The government’s share in the revenues, by way of spectrum auctions, licence fees, user charges is too high. Jio has been an enormously disruptive force. The government should sit with the industry and work out a more reasonable arrangement of revenue sharing. Else large borrowings made by the industry will turn into NPAs.
Excellent article. I totally agree that the spectrum for 5G to be given free. 5G implementation is resource intensive, if telecom operators are given free spectrum they will be encouraged to provide a robust infrastructure. government and telecoms can make money by the way of IoT for farming, manufacturing, transportation and other verticals and charge low to consumers and still make good profits.
in turn the IoT will also benefit manufacturers, farmers, transportation providers to reduce costs and better plan.
This will be a win win for all of us , effectively leading to a SMART economy.
What is the difference between A Raja giving spectrum at a low price and this author’s proposal ? There is no justification for trashing the 2 G spectrum allocations , in that case.
Exactly the same lofty goals to develop the telcos were pursued by Raja in 2008. It is BJP who is responsible for making telcos unprofitable by hiking spectrum auction prices to huge levels, without any understanding of business. Let BJP first apologise for making such a fuss over 2G and withdraw the cases against Raja et al. After that they could give 5G spectrum free as desired.