M.S.Rao 64 Report post Posted March 29, 2015 Reliance communications have declared that in the recently concluded auction it has emerged as the only operator to now possess Pan India contiguous 800MHz spectrum upwards of 5MHz. Rcom plans to use this spectrum for a large scale FD-LTE rollout. Rcom has licences in 7 circles in 900MHz band which are expiring in December 2015, out of which it has managed to win back 900MHz spectrum in Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and 1800MHz spectrum in Odisha and North East circles. In the 3 circles of West Bengal, Assam and Bihar Rcom could not win back any spectrum. Rcom says that the 3 circles that it lost contribute to 7.1% of its total telecom revenue in India and they have accelerated the process of migrating the current subscribers in these circles from 2G to 3G to prevent any disruption of services. Rcom spent a total of Rs. 4,299 crores and has to make an upfront payment of Rs. 1,106 crores to the government before 31st March. Rcom now has more than 5MHz of 800MHz spectrum which is ideal for launching FD-LTE (4G) services, but only the newly won spectrum is liberalised and can be used for 4G. If Rcom wishes to use its older 800MHz for 4G it will have to pay a onetime fee to DOT to liberalise its entire spectrum holding in that band. In any case, they will be open to the spectrum sharing and trading deals that will come to the table once DOT finalises the guidelines for the same. Source: Telecomtalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chetan31 1 Report post Posted March 29, 2015 Rcom claim is true but with the pinch of salt! How can rcom think that they can migrate their current CDMA subscriber to 4G services directly. Their 800 MHz band is currently utilized for CDMA operations. Looks like a distant dream for rcom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUDYEcaZ 67 Report post Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Not sure how RCOM will implement 4g in 800 Band, I guess above new is just a marketing stuff Not all quantum of spectrum is liberalized in this Band, it is only the Spectrum won during this Auction. All existing spectrum of RCOM will be coming to expiry in 2021, WIll not be easy to retain all the spectrum going with current interest from Tata and JIO Already in debt, where is the money for capex? Cant see a place where 4g is deployed with just 5Mhz in 800 Band Edited March 29, 2015 by SUDYEcaZ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HetalDP 947 Report post Posted March 30, 2015 RCOM will pay Spectrum Liberalization price as per Current Auction Price for its already free 800 mhz spectrum upto Year 2022 ! Once Spectrum is liberalised it can use it for CDMA/LTE where it can put Cities and Towns on LTE and rural on CDMA / EV combo ! RCOM Network is already NGN and carrying JIO LTE so upgrading will not be a big issue ! RCOM have to pay Latest Auction price as per Zone = Y ( Y / 20 ) * 7 Years 20 = 20 Years of Latest Auction Term 7 = 7 years left for free Spectrum or Y x 0.35 (of Latest Auction price per 1.25 mhz) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inception 75 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 Bakwas government should come up with a logical spectrum sharing rules, Jio and Rcom can then share 800Mhz - combined 10Mhz in most circles to boost FD-LTE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HetalDP 947 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 If you own lowest chunk of spectrum in that state you can share the network via roaming Agreement already Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
praveenwarrier 49 Report post Posted April 6, 2015 http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/3g-4g/we-believe-the-future-is-4g-gurdeep-singh-reliance-communications/46819735 Sent from my iPad Air Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
