Particulars of Spectrum Put To Public sale

The Authorities of India, by way of the Division of Telecommunications (DoT), proposed to assign the proper to make use of sure specified radio spectrum frequencies within the sub-1 GHz bands, i.e., 800 MHz, 900 MHz, Mid-Bands, i.e., 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, 2500 MHz, 3300 MHz (C-Band), and 26 GHz Bands (millimetre wave), utilizing public sale in numerous Licensed Service Areas (LSA). The NIA (Discover Inviting Purposes) was launched by the DoT on March 8, 2024.

Based on TelecomTalk Spectrum Legend 2024, a complete of 10,523.15 MHz spectrum was put to public sale throughout all of the bands talked about above for operators to select from. The validity interval of the proper to make use of the spectrum received on this public sale shall be twenty years from the Efficient Date.

Know-how Impartial

The spectrum put to public sale is liberalized, which implies there aren’t any restrictions on the know-how to be deployed for offering companies. Telcos are free to deploy 2G, 4G, 5G, or any low-speed or high-speed know-how (DoT: GSM/WCDMA/LTE/CDMA/IMT-2020 (5G know-how) for that matter.

3G just isn’t talked about, because the know-how is being phased out globally. In India, solely BSNL and Vodafone Concept (Vi) presently present 3G companies, and Vi is within the strategy of fully phasing out its 3G Community.

Spectrum Block Dimension

Spectrum is auctioned/assigned in blocks, whose sizes are as beneath. A minimal of 5 MHz Block is required to supply 4G companies within the bands wherever possible. As TelecomTalk data, India has additionally skilled 4G on a 3 MHz Lean LTE provider with peak downlink speeds of round 12 Mbps on the 1800 MHz Band.

Block Dimension for Bands:

0.2 MHz: 900 MHz (paired), 1800 MHz (paired)
1.25 MHz: 800 MHz (paired)
5 MHz: 2100 MHz (paired)
10 MHz: 2300 MHz (unpaired), 2500 MHz (unpaired), 3300 MHz (unpaired)
50 MHz: 26 GHz (unpaired)

Let’s now take a look at the quantity of Spectrum put to public sale throughout the bands by the DoT in 2024:

Sub-1 GHz Bands (800 MHz, 900 MHz)

Mid-Bands (1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, 2500 MHz)

C-Band (3300 MHz) and mmWave Band (26 GHz)

Essential Dates

Put up the NIA, the final date for the submission of Purposes is April 22, 2024 (Monday). DoT will launch the ultimate checklist of bidders on Could 9, 2024 (Thursday), and the Reside Public sale begins on Could 20, 2024, which falls on Monday.

For this Public sale, the bidding by the bidders for every of the LSAs in every of the bands shall be restricted by numerous relevant caps. You’ll find the main points of spectrum blocks and spectrum holdings and CAP particulars (Sub GHz, TDD, FDD) within the India Spectrum Holding Timeline 2024 sheet.