700 Mhz spectrum band to be made available soon !!!

[IndianMascot]

Trai hints at 700 Mhz spectrum band for telecos - The Economic Times



The frequency band of 700 Mhz is in high demand by players in mobile industry as any service deployed in this frequency band will need less number of base stations to deliver service.

 

[ashish]

Good. now let's see how much time they take from "hinting" to actually implementing

 

[amish]

But we will need mobile supporting that band right??As of now most mobile have 900/1800 range.. havent seen mobile with 700 range.

 

[IndianMascot]

I 1st time heard abt this 700 Mhz spectrum 😀 forget abt handset

 

[amish]

Well thats just another number 😀But mobile support is must.The way this demand is increasing in India... in future we might need mobile with "radio type" tuneable frequencies 😀

 

[IndianMascot]

BTW as per wikipedia, 3G, 4G, Mediaflo and DVB-H comes under 700 Mhz band.

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India pledges to auction 700MHz next year - Rethink Wireless




The government has set a deadline of the end of 2011 to the 700MHz band to be freed up, allowing for auctions in 2012, which could support LTE and rural broadband.

The spectrum would need to be vacated by public service broadcaster Doordarshan and other government agencies. Cellcos are interested in the band because it will allow networks to be built for one-third the cost of the 2.3GHz broadband wireless band, which was auctioned last year - 700MHz is preferable for areas of sparse population and/or low broadband demand, which will be common in most areas of India for some years to come. The higher band is more suited to high capacity, dense deployments.

 

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[IndianMascot]

Incumbent telcos to be kept out of 4G auction: Trai - The Times of India






Trai therefore feels that restricting the first phase of the 700-MHz auctions to the companies that do not own any airwaves in the 900-MHz band may even out the advantages enjoyed by the incumbents. But as more airwaves in the 700-MHz band are freed up for commercial telephony, incumbents such as Bharti Airtel , BSNL and Vodafone will be given frequencies in this band provided they pay the price equivalent to the amount determined in the auctions, Trai added.

 

[Bobbyguitarist]

i though infotel has already secured licenses for 4G ?

 

[anubhav11]

i though infotel has already secured licenses for 4G ?

That is in 2.3 Ghz...

 

[Bobbyguitarist]

damn. so Infotel is not the ONLY exclusive 4G provider i guess.

 

[IndianMascot]

damn. so Infotel is not the ONLY exclusive 4G provider i guess.

Bobby Bhai, You didn't read the full article. This 4G is different than the BWA one. There is no fixed definition of 4G. So a series of frequency comes under 4G category. 700 Mhz is one of the frequency.


This band is currently used for broadcast services and the DoT has set a target for Doordarshan and other government agencies to vacate these frequencies by the year-end so that the auctions can be held in 2012.



Also Refer post No#6

 

[Bobbyguitarist]

Bobby Bhai, You didn't read the full article. This 4G is different than the BWA one. There is no fixed definition of 4G. So a series of frequency comes under 4G category. 700 Mhz is one of the frequency.

Ok my bad. Read the article. *feels like an idiot*

 

[IndianMascot]

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/700-mhz-spectrum-auction-may-cause-loss-to-government-experts/articleshow/10654724.cms



"Restricting the initial auction of 700 Mhz to few may not enable the government realise true market value of the valuable spectrum," Ashish Basil, Partner (telecom practice) at Ernst and Young, said.

 

[IndianMascot]

In response to TRAI's consultation paper on 'Auction of Spectrum', the company said that the economic value of the spectrum in 700 Mhz band is higher than 2100 Mhz allocated for 3G services and 900/800 Mhz band allocated for 2G service.

"Based on the above comparable factors given by the Authority, the reserve price for 700 Mhz spectrum may be kept around 7-8x of 3G auction price," Infotel Broadband IBSL said.




4G spectrum base price should be 8 times of 3G's: Infotel