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If the response to the The Insider's critique of the Indian telecom sector is any indication, there are a lot of people concerned about the direction India's government policy was heading. Almost on cue, but certainly not as a direct response to that article, India's Communications Minister Kapil Sibal, announced a broad range of measures that would be introduced in a new, far-reaching telecommunications policy aimed at addressing past misdirections and attempt to introduce transparency... -
Anyone seduced by those ‘Incredible India’ advertisements that ply the TV airwaves around the world may be lulled into a false sense of security, much the same as 122 2G spectrum license bidders were. The color, the vibrancy, the uniqueness of India that is used to attract tourists sometimes masks the real India that is not nearly as attractive. Those license holders that have now been stripped naked and left without those 2G licenses or compensation are the victims of a bureaucracy that... -
What happens when you hold a 3G spectrum auction that fails? No, I’m not talking about the shenanigans going on in Thailand, this is the bastion of all that is good and proper in Asia, Singapore. Failure, the word used by the local press , may also be a little strong in this case. The story goes something like this. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) which doubles as the telecoms regulator decided to auction off some unused 3G spectrum left over from the last auction in 2001. At... -
Did you know that the telecommunications industry could, single-handedly, save countries from potential bankruptcy? Here’s how it’s done. Firstly, you limit the availability of something in great demand, usually by legislation and heavy regulation (sometimes by mistake), then you hold an open auction for it that runs for weeks on end until all bidders are spent. I am talking about radio spectrum and it is tantamount to turning air into gold. Spectrum starved Indian mobile operators recently forked...
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