Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, along with their industry body COAI have urged the govt to auction entire 1,200MHz of the 6GHz band exclusively for licensed mobile use.
Bharti Airtel topped the list with bids worth Rs 6,856 cr. Reliance Jio bought the 14.4 MHz spectrum at Rs 973 crore & Vi acquired 50 MHz of spectrum at Rs 3,510 cr.
A telecommunications official, Revathi Mannepalli was the first engineer in her village. Now she's part of the Radio Regulation Board of the International Telecommunication Union.
Airtel and Vodafone networks will be using the existing 4G infrastructure in India to build their 5G network while Reliance will use a sophisticated standalone network.
Bharat Bhatia, president of telecom body ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI), says satellite broadband is a must for rural connectivity, but spectrum auctions could get in the way.
The participation of middle powers in platforms such as the G20, ASEAN, AUKUS dialogues, and regional security forums positions them as brokers between competing interests.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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