New Delhi:
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications (RCom) as well as Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries did not submit bids to participate in the auction of 2G airwaves within the deadline, which expired 5 p.m. today, sources told NDTV. The auction is scheduled for 12 November.
Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) has also decided not to participate in the auction. In a statement announcing its decision, the company said “SSTL has consistently maintained that it has been unfairly penalised in the February ruling of the Supreme Court and has filed a curative petition seeking to restore its licences. SSTL was the only operator to have applied for a pan India CDMA (code division multiple access) spectrum in 2008. There is no finding or suggestion by the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) report that the CDMA spectrum was equally or anywhere near in demand as GSM (global system for mobile communications). SSTL believes it has a strong case and is determined to await its hearing. “
“In this context, and considering the level of recommended spectrum prices which makes the business case unviable, SSTL had no choice other than not to take part in the 2G auctions for 800 Mhz,” it added.
Major telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Telenor and Tata Teleservices (TTSL) today submitted applications for participating in the auction.
Sources at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) confirmed that Bharti Airtel has submitted application to bid for airwaves frequencies at a pan-India level, PTI reported. Sources at Bharti Airtel and Idea also confirmed that the companies have filed applications, but did not disclose details like the number of telecom circles or the spectrum band in which they will bid, the PTI report added. "We confirm that we have filed our application for participating in the 2G auction," Vodafone said in a statement.
DoT is auctioning off airwaves frequencies in 1800 Mhz, being used for GSM services at present, and 800 Mhz band, being used for CDMA services, after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licences belonging to eight different companies in the 2G scam.
DoT sources confirmed that Videocon and Telenor, whose Indian joint venture Uninor lost its licence, have also submitted applications.
The cancelled licences included 22 permits of Uninor (a joint venture between Unitech Wireless and Norwegian firm Telenor), 21 of Loop, 21 of SSTL, 15 of Etisalat-DB, six of SingTel, 21 of Videocon 21, nine of Idea and three of TTSL.
TTSL confirmed that it submitted an application for pre-qualifying for the 1800 MHz band spectrum auction. The application was filed by Telewings Communication Services Private Limited, a fully owned company of the Telenor Group.
The Supreme Court has asked the government to complete the auction
by January 11, 2013, and warned that failure to meet the deadline would invite "contempt" action against erring officials with "exemplary" cost.
The government will auction a maximum of 11 blocks of spectrum in 1800 Mhz band, each having 1.25 Mhz of airwaves frequencies.
New players and companies whose licences were cancelled by Supreme Court in the 2G scam will have to bid for a minimum of four spectrum blocks in an area to start services.
The Union Cabinet has fixed Rs 14,000 crore for the four blocks of a pan-India spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band.
Existing players or companies whose licences were unaffected by the Supreme Court judgement will be allowed to bid for a maximum of two blocks in the 1800 Mhz band.
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications (RCom) as well as Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries did not submit bids to participate in the auction of 2G airwaves within the deadline which expired 5 p.m. today, sources told NDTV. The auction is scheduled for 12 November.
Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) has also decided not to participate in the auction. In a statement announcing its decision, the company said: “SSTL has consistently maintained that it has been unfairly penalised in the February ruling of the Supreme Court and has filed a Curative Petition seeking to restore its licences. SSTL was the only operator to have applied for a pan-India CDMA spectrum in 2008. There is no finding or suggestion by the CAG report that CDMA spectrum was equally or anywhere near in demand as GSM. SSTL believes it has a strong case and is determined to await its hearing. “
“In this context, and considering the level of recommended spectrum prices which makes the business case unviable, SSTL had no choice other than to not take part in the 2G auctions for 800 Mhz. SSTL would like to once again reiterate that it is hopeful that the highest court of the land will speedily look into the merits of its case and will give it justice," it added.
Major telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Telenor and Tata Teleservices (TTSL), today submitted applications for participating in the auction.
Sources at Bharti Airtel, Idea and Vodafone also confirmed the development.
However, they did not disclose details of the application like the number of telecom circles in which they have bid for airwaves.
DoT is conducting auction of airwaves in 1800 Mhz, being used for GSM services at present, and 800 Mhz band, being used for CDMA services, after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licences belonging to eight different companies in the 2G scam.
DoT sources confirmed that Videocon and Telenor, whose Indian joint venture Uninor lost licence has also submitted application. No immediate comments could be obtained from the company.
The cancelled licences included 22 permits of Uninor (the joint venture between Unitech Wireless and Norwegian firm Telenor), Loop 21, Sistema-Shyam (SSTL) 21, Etisalat-DB 15, STel 6, Videocon 21, Idea 9 and three licences of TTSL.
Telenor Group confirmed that it submitted its application for pre-qualification in the 1800 MHz band spectrum auction to DoT on 19 October. The application was filed by Telewings Communication Services Private Limited, a fully owned Telenor Group company.
The Supreme Court has asked the government to complete the auction by January 11, 2013, and warned that a failure in meeting the deadline would invite "contempt" action against erring officials with "exemplary" cost.
The government will auction a maximum of 11 blocks of spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band, being used for GSM services, each having 1.25 Mhz of airwaves frequencies.
New players and companies whose licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court over the 2G scam will have to bid for a minimum of four spectrum blocks in a service area to start their services.
The Cabinet has fixed Rs 14,000 crore for 4 blocks of pan-India spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band.
Existing players, or companies whose licences were unaffected by the Supreme Court's judgement, will be allowed to bid maximum of two blocks in the 1800 Mhz band.
(With inputs from PTI)
Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) has also decided not to participate in the auction. In a statement announcing its decision, the company said “SSTL has consistently maintained that it has been unfairly penalised in the February ruling of the Supreme Court and has filed a curative petition seeking to restore its licences. SSTL was the only operator to have applied for a pan India CDMA (code division multiple access) spectrum in 2008. There is no finding or suggestion by the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) report that the CDMA spectrum was equally or anywhere near in demand as GSM (global system for mobile communications). SSTL believes it has a strong case and is determined to await its hearing. “
“In this context, and considering the level of recommended spectrum prices which makes the business case unviable, SSTL had no choice other than not to take part in the 2G auctions for 800 Mhz,” it added.
Major telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Telenor and Tata Teleservices (TTSL) today submitted applications for participating in the auction.
Sources at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) confirmed that Bharti Airtel has submitted application to bid for airwaves frequencies at a pan-India level, PTI reported. Sources at Bharti Airtel and Idea also confirmed that the companies have filed applications, but did not disclose details like the number of telecom circles or the spectrum band in which they will bid, the PTI report added. "We confirm that we have filed our application for participating in the 2G auction," Vodafone said in a statement.
DoT is auctioning off airwaves frequencies in 1800 Mhz, being used for GSM services at present, and 800 Mhz band, being used for CDMA services, after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licences belonging to eight different companies in the 2G scam.
DoT sources confirmed that Videocon and Telenor, whose Indian joint venture Uninor lost its licence, have also submitted applications.
The cancelled licences included 22 permits of Uninor (a joint venture between Unitech Wireless and Norwegian firm Telenor), 21 of Loop, 21 of SSTL, 15 of Etisalat-DB, six of SingTel, 21 of Videocon 21, nine of Idea and three of TTSL.
TTSL confirmed that it submitted an application for pre-qualifying for the 1800 MHz band spectrum auction. The application was filed by Telewings Communication Services Private Limited, a fully owned company of the Telenor Group.
The Supreme Court has asked the government to complete the auction
by January 11, 2013, and warned that failure to meet the deadline would invite "contempt" action against erring officials with "exemplary" cost.
The government will auction a maximum of 11 blocks of spectrum in 1800 Mhz band, each having 1.25 Mhz of airwaves frequencies.
New players and companies whose licences were cancelled by Supreme Court in the 2G scam will have to bid for a minimum of four spectrum blocks in an area to start services.
The Union Cabinet has fixed Rs 14,000 crore for the four blocks of a pan-India spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band.
Existing players or companies whose licences were unaffected by the Supreme Court judgement will be allowed to bid for a maximum of two blocks in the 1800 Mhz band.
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications (RCom) as well as Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries did not submit bids to participate in the auction of 2G airwaves within the deadline which expired 5 p.m. today, sources told NDTV. The auction is scheduled for 12 November.
Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) has also decided not to participate in the auction. In a statement announcing its decision, the company said: “SSTL has consistently maintained that it has been unfairly penalised in the February ruling of the Supreme Court and has filed a Curative Petition seeking to restore its licences. SSTL was the only operator to have applied for a pan-India CDMA spectrum in 2008. There is no finding or suggestion by the CAG report that CDMA spectrum was equally or anywhere near in demand as GSM. SSTL believes it has a strong case and is determined to await its hearing. “
“In this context, and considering the level of recommended spectrum prices which makes the business case unviable, SSTL had no choice other than to not take part in the 2G auctions for 800 Mhz. SSTL would like to once again reiterate that it is hopeful that the highest court of the land will speedily look into the merits of its case and will give it justice," it added.
Major telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Telenor and Tata Teleservices (TTSL), today submitted applications for participating in the auction.
Sources at Bharti Airtel, Idea and Vodafone also confirmed the development.
However, they did not disclose details of the application like the number of telecom circles in which they have bid for airwaves.
DoT is conducting auction of airwaves in 1800 Mhz, being used for GSM services at present, and 800 Mhz band, being used for CDMA services, after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licences belonging to eight different companies in the 2G scam.
DoT sources confirmed that Videocon and Telenor, whose Indian joint venture Uninor lost licence has also submitted application. No immediate comments could be obtained from the company.
The cancelled licences included 22 permits of Uninor (the joint venture between Unitech Wireless and Norwegian firm Telenor), Loop 21, Sistema-Shyam (SSTL) 21, Etisalat-DB 15, STel 6, Videocon 21, Idea 9 and three licences of TTSL.
Telenor Group confirmed that it submitted its application for pre-qualification in the 1800 MHz band spectrum auction to DoT on 19 October. The application was filed by Telewings Communication Services Private Limited, a fully owned Telenor Group company.
The Supreme Court has asked the government to complete the auction by January 11, 2013, and warned that a failure in meeting the deadline would invite "contempt" action against erring officials with "exemplary" cost.
The government will auction a maximum of 11 blocks of spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band, being used for GSM services, each having 1.25 Mhz of airwaves frequencies.
New players and companies whose licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court over the 2G scam will have to bid for a minimum of four spectrum blocks in a service area to start their services.
The Cabinet has fixed Rs 14,000 crore for 4 blocks of pan-India spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band.
Existing players, or companies whose licences were unaffected by the Supreme Court's judgement, will be allowed to bid maximum of two blocks in the 1800 Mhz band.
(With inputs from PTI)
