India’s Spectrum Auction Ends with Government Raising INR 65,789 Crore

The government is able to sell - 964.8 MHz of spectrum airwaves, while a total 2,354 MHz spectrum was put up for auctioning.

Five days of India’s Telecom Spectrum auctioning process ended on Thursday with government getting bids worth INR 65,789 crore. With the help of this auction, Telecom operators such as Airtel, Vodafone, Idea etc have strengthened their 3G and 4G offering in a number of circles.

On the other hand, there were no takers for the expensive 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz bands during the course of the last five days of spectrum auction.

When it comes to this spectrum process - bidding took place only in few circles and bands around 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz were quite closely contested – both these are 4G bands and can be used by operators to provide next generation ready - 4G services.

Headquartered in India, Airtel is a global communications solutions provider with over 500 Mn customers in 17 countries across South Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top three mobile operators globally and its networks cover over two billion people. Airtel is India’s largest integrated communications solutions provider and the second largest mobile operator in Africa.

Airtel’s retail portfolio includes high speed 4G/5G mobile broadband, Airtel Xstream Fiber that promises speeds up to 1 Gbps with convergence across linear and on-demand entertainment, streaming services spanning music and video, digital payments and financial services. For enterprise customers, Airtel offers a gamut of solutions that includes secure connectivity, cloud and data center services, cyber security, IoT, Ad Tech and cloud based communication.