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\nIn the bids so far, the high frequency band is one of two most contested as it is seen as providing capacity in congested areas at a fraction of the cost of lower airwaves. Two slots of 10 MHz are on offer in 16 circles in this band this time, after two sets of 20 MHz were sold in 2010 across the 22 service areas.
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“Like Bharti and Jio, Idea and Vodafone will want to consolidate and become pan-India 4G operators, (and) they will need to consolidate the same spectrum footprint,” said B K Syngal<\/a>, telecom expert at Dua Consulting<\/a>.
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The 2010 bidding in this band marked entry of Reliance Industries in telecom, as Reliance became the only operator to have 4G spectrum<\/a> across the nation.
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\nHowever, in five years that followed, Jio established that one could not launch a network in this band alone. There were two reasons. First, airwaves were not powerful enough to carry through walls and needed too many towers to broadcast; second, there were not many mobile devices that could use the spectrum, limiting number of potential customers. Six years later, however, experts say Jio's deployment in the band has prepared vendors on how best to place signalling stations, and network planners now have on-ground experience on how to use 2300 MHz as a complement to lower 4G spectrum<\/a>.
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Companies can get a quick deployment in the high frequency, as the handset ecosystem has also evolved with over 1,600 devices available globally, said industry experts. “While operators perceived 2300 MHz band as a poor investment by RJio for last 4-5 years, now the operators’ view of spectrum in this band appears to have taken a significant shift and it’s emerging as key spectrum for data,” Credit Suisse<\/a> said in a note after auction day I on Saturday.
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\n“Indeed, Bharti recently acquired spectrum in this band from Aircel – reinforcing this view.” On Saturday, 2300 MHz saw 1.7% increase in price over its reserve price, with Gujarat seeing the highest price increase of 12.2%, followed by Maharashtra and Kerala, with 6.6% increases each.
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\nThe band drew bids worth Rs 15,390 crore, which was close to one-third of the total bid value of Rs 53,531crore on day one. Vodafone and Idea are believed to be the main players in this band, with both looking to beef up their 4G bandwidth holdings to match Bharti and Jio’s pan-India holdings.
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\nIn February, ET had reported that operators, primarily Vodafone India, are having a change of heart on 2300 MHz as a frequency for 4G service. “Technology has evolved, one of them is carrier aggregation which gives you greater speed and capacity. One could not do that earlier,” Sunil Sood, chief executive at Vodafone, had said at the time. For years before that, the company had maintained that the spectrum was squarely inadequate and that 4G itself was a little while away.
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\nIdea Cellular’s chief Himanshu Kapania too had said in April the device ecosystem had boomed much faster than operators had foreseen.
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\nHemant Joshi, partner at Deloitte Haskins and Sells, said the future of 4G will be in service quality and for that spectrum will be required in abundance.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":54688616,"title":"VMware helps NIC cut down on procurement time and cost","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/vmware-helps-nic-cut-down-on-procurement-time-and-cost\/54688616","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":54688807,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Telecom companies vie for 2300 MHz band","synopsis":"The 2010 bidding in this band marked entry of Reliance Industries in telecom, as Reliance became the only operator to have 4G spectrum across the nation.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/telecom-companies-vie-for-2300-mhz-band","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Deepali Gupta","author_link":"\/author\/479212148\/deepali-gupta","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479212148.cms?width=100&height=100&hostid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":false,"msid":479212148,"author_name":"Deepali Gupta","author_seo_name":"deepali-gupta","designation":"Correspondent","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2016-10-05 08:45:58","lastupd":"2016-10-05 13:56:08","breadcrumbTags":["Credit Suisse","Dua Consulting","B K Syngal","4G spectrum","spectrumauction2016","3G\/4G","Voda2016"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/telecom-companies-vie-for-2300-mhz-band"}}" data-authors="[" deepali gupta"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2016-10-05" data-index="article_1">
孟买:2300 MHz (4 g)乐队——一度被认为是可用的和一个糟糕的投资少,是最大的一个正在进行的频谱拍卖吸引了。
报价到目前为止,高频段是两种最有争议,因为它被视为提供能力在拥挤地区低波段的成本的一小部分。两个插槽的10 MHz 16圈在这个乐队,2010年两组20 MHz售出后在22服务领域。
“像Bharti Jio,想法和沃达丰希望巩固和成为pan-India 4 g运营商,(和)他们需要巩固相同的频谱足迹,”说B K Syngal电信专家Dua咨询。
2010年竞标这个乐队标志条目电信,信实工业的依赖成为唯一运营商4 g频谱全国各地。
然而,在五年之后,Jio建立一个无法启动一个网络在这个乐队。有两个原因。首先,电视没有强大到足以携带穿墙,需要太多的广播塔;第二,没有许多移动设备可以使用,限制数量的潜在客户。六年后,然而,专家说Jio乐队的部署准备供应商如何地方信号站,和网络规划者现在地面经验如何使用2300 MHz补充低4 g频谱。
公司可以快速部署在高频率,随着手机生态系统也发展超过1600全球设备可用,业内专家说。“虽然运营商2300 MHz频带视为一个糟糕的投资由RJio持续4 - 5年,现在运营商的视图的谱带似乎采取了重大转变成为关键光谱数据,”瑞士信贷(Credit Suisse)在一份报告中称后拍卖天我周六。
“事实上,Bharti最近获得的光谱在这个乐队Aircel -强化这一观点。“星期六,2300 MHz看到价格对其储备价格增长1.7%,与古吉拉特邦看到最高的价格增长了12.2%,其次是马哈拉施特拉邦和喀拉拉邦,各有6.6%的增加。
乐队吸引了投标价值15390卢比,这是近三分之一的总报价的价值53531卢比一天。沃达丰(Vodafone)和思想被认为是主要的球员在这个乐队,两党都在寻求加强其4 g带宽控股与Bharti Jio pan-India控股。
今年2月,等有报道称,运营商,主要是沃达丰印度,正在改变主意在2300 MHz的频率4 g服务。”技术的发展,其中一个是载波聚合它给你更大的速度和容量。早些时候的一个不能这样做,”苏尼尔Sood,沃达丰(Vodafone)首席执行官说。多年之前,该公司坚持认为,一方面是完全不够的,4 g本身就是一段时间了。
知道细胞的首席Himanshu Kapania也表示,4月份设备生态系统已蓬勃发展速度远远超过运营商已经预见。
赫曼特乔希,德勤合伙人哈斯金斯和销售,说4 g的未来将在服务质量和频谱丰富的需要。
报价到目前为止,高频段是两种最有争议,因为它被视为提供能力在拥挤地区低波段的成本的一小部分。两个插槽的10 MHz 16圈在这个乐队,2010年两组20 MHz售出后在22服务领域。
“像Bharti Jio,想法和沃达丰希望巩固和成为pan-India 4 g运营商,(和)他们需要巩固相同的频谱足迹,”说B K Syngal电信专家Dua咨询。
2010年竞标这个乐队标志条目电信,信实工业的依赖成为唯一运营商4 g频谱全国各地。
然而,在五年之后,Jio建立一个无法启动一个网络在这个乐队。有两个原因。首先,电视没有强大到足以携带穿墙,需要太多的广播塔;第二,没有许多移动设备可以使用,限制数量的潜在客户。六年后,然而,专家说Jio乐队的部署准备供应商如何地方信号站,和网络规划者现在地面经验如何使用2300 MHz补充低4 g频谱。
公司可以快速部署在高频率,随着手机生态系统也发展超过1600全球设备可用,业内专家说。“虽然运营商2300 MHz频带视为一个糟糕的投资由RJio持续4 - 5年,现在运营商的视图的谱带似乎采取了重大转变成为关键光谱数据,”瑞士信贷(Credit Suisse)在一份报告中称后拍卖天我周六。
“事实上,Bharti最近获得的光谱在这个乐队Aircel -强化这一观点。“星期六,2300 MHz看到价格对其储备价格增长1.7%,与古吉拉特邦看到最高的价格增长了12.2%,其次是马哈拉施特拉邦和喀拉拉邦,各有6.6%的增加。
乐队吸引了投标价值15390卢比,这是近三分之一的总报价的价值53531卢比一天。沃达丰(Vodafone)和思想被认为是主要的球员在这个乐队,两党都在寻求加强其4 g带宽控股与Bharti Jio pan-India控股。
今年2月,等有报道称,运营商,主要是沃达丰印度,正在改变主意在2300 MHz的频率4 g服务。”技术的发展,其中一个是载波聚合它给你更大的速度和容量。早些时候的一个不能这样做,”苏尼尔Sood,沃达丰(Vodafone)首席执行官说。多年之前,该公司坚持认为,一方面是完全不够的,4 g本身就是一段时间了。
知道细胞的首席Himanshu Kapania也表示,4月份设备生态系统已蓬勃发展速度远远超过运营商已经预见。
赫曼特乔希,德勤合伙人哈斯金斯和销售,说4 g的未来将在服务质量和频谱丰富的需要。
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