India's recent spectrum auction is opening opportunities — Putcha
Mar 12, 2021 4:48pm The main takeaway from this auction is that the focus of India’s telcos is currently on 4G, not 5G. (Getty Images) On March 1, India concluded its first spectrum auction of 2021. India’s Department of Telecom (DoT), through a Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) issued in January 2021, had put up spectrum for auction in multiple bands, including 700, 800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300 and 2500 MHz bands. These frequencies cut across 2G, 3G and 4G service bands and included both FDD (paired) and TDD (unpaired) bands. The auction was a qualified success. It netted the Government $...