Airtel and Qualcomm will collaborate to enable a wide array of use cases, including 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), which is designed to deliver broadband connectivity at Gigabit speeds to homes and businesses

The first price band consists of flights that are of less than 40 minutes. The lower limit for the first band is now increased from Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,200, while the upper limit in this band is set at Rs 7,800, which was Rs 6,000 earlier

Given that the government has not included this band in the upcoming auctions, the 5G services are likely to be further delayed in the country

This round of auction will be held for 2,251.25 Megahertz (MHz) in seven frequency bands -- 700 Mhz, 800 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1800 Mhz 2100 Mhz, 2300 Mhz and 2500 Mhz -- at a cumulative base price of Rs 3.92 lakh crore

As you invest in 5G, you will stop investing in 4G because capacity creation will be done on 5G which will obviously be lower cost of producing a gigabyte, given that you have much higher spectrum in those bands, Vittal said

Airtel's fundraising plan comes when the government has set the ball rolling for the spectrum auction, in which radio waves valued at Rs 3.92 lakh crore will be put on the block

Earlier, DoT had asked telecom operators to give one year notice before starting any technology using spectrum across seven frequency bands that will be offered in auction on March 1

The New Delhi-based telco did the 5G demonstration over a commercial network in Hyderabad. The firm stated that it operated 5G and 4G simultaneously over the existing spectrum in the 1800MHz band. It did so through the Non-Standalone (NSA) technology

The ongoing tussle between DoT, and DoS, ISRO and defence ministry has already delayed the launch of 5G in the country. Globally, radiowaves across sub-1 GHz (600 MHz, 700 MHz), mid-band (3.5 GHz), and millimeter-band (26, 28 GHz) are being used to deliver 5G services

Jio might also go for 700 MHz spectrum for which the reserve prices are 38 per cent higher than 800 MHz spectrum in 19 circles, and 56 per cent higher (than 800 MHz) in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata circles

Following a mock auction on February 26, the telecom department will start the auction from March 1, 2021. Successful bidders will have to pay the bid amount within 10 days of the issue of demand note

Earlier this month, the government approved a proposal for the auction of 2,251.25 megahertz of spectrum worth Rs 3.92 lakh crore at the base price

Analysts are of the view that these renewals alone would cost Jio around Rs 28,000 crore, Airtel Rs 12,900 crore, and Vodafone Idea Rs 8,300 crore at the reserve price, totalling Rs 49,200 crore

While Jio has reportedly asked Department of Telecommunications to auction 700 MHz spectrum recently; it asked DoT to auction 700 MHz in 2015 as well but didn't buy anything in 2016 auctions

Bidders will have to comply with conditions such as block size, spectrum cap, maximum amount of spectrum that can be held, roll-out obligations, and payment terms

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