NEW DELHI: Amid a raging financial crisis in the industry<\/a>, India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea<\/a> has urged the telecom department<\/a> not to hold spectrum auction till 2020, on the grounds that fresh need for quality radiowaves will arise only once the 5G<\/a> ecosystem is ready, according to a government source.

A letter to this effect has been written by Vodafone Idea Ltd to the Department of Telecom (DoT), said the source who did not wish to be named.

When contacted, Vodafone Idea Ltd in an e-mail said, \"For 5G to work, a robust
4G<\/a> network is a must. Accordingly, telecom service providers in India are currently focused on optimising 4G networks and making them 5G ready, for which they have sufficient spectrum.\"

Once the 5G ecosystem, including enabling hardware, develops and India-specific use cases are successfully piloted, a need for more quality spectrum will arise, the company said adding \"this is likely to take up to 2020\".

\"In the interim, a diligent implementation of NDCP 2018 (
National Digital Communications Policy<\/a>) that rightly treats telecom as a critical enabler for a digital economy will help the financially stressed telecom sector strengthen. Going forward, spectrum must be made affordable such that it empowers the Indian telecom sector to fulfil its designated role of making broadband accessible to all and for achieving the larger vision of Digital India,\" said Vodafone Idea, in an email response to PTI.

The move comes at a time when a majority of telecom players are facing a financial turmoil. Over the past few years, India's telecom market had become cut-throat where nearly a dozen players jostled for market share, pummelling the call rates to amongst the lowest in the world. Competition has only intensified since 2016, when
Reliance Jio Infocomm<\/a>, owned by India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, stormed into the market and offered free calls and dirt cheap data. This triggered consolidation in the industry - the most prominent being that of Vodafone and Idea.

In fact, the industry has been seeking urgent relief measures entailing debt restructuring, cut in levies, and release of GST input tax credit locked up with the government. Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, head of Vodafone Idea Ltd, had recently sent an SOS to the government for deferring statutory payments in a sector that is not generating enough cash to even service loans. The Vodafone Idea chief had also expressed concern over Rs 30,000 crore that is locked up on account of GST payment under 'reverse charge mechanism'.
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沃达丰的想法:不需要持有频谱拍卖到2020年

印度最大的电信运营商沃达丰想法督促电信部门不要把频谱拍卖到2020年,理由是新鲜需要发送无线电波质量只会出现一次5 g的生态系统已经准备好了。

  • 更新于2018年12月17日12:35点坚持

新德里:在金融危机肆虐行业,印度最大的电信运营商沃达丰的想法已敦促电信部门不持有频谱拍卖到2020年,理由是新鲜需要质量电波只出现一次5克生态系统准备好了,根据政府的来源。

写了一封信,这种效应沃达丰想法有限公司电信部门(点),表示不愿具名来源。

联系时,沃达丰公司在一封电子邮件中说,“为5克的工作,一个健壮的4 g网络是必须的。因此,在印度的电信服务提供商目前专注于优化5 g 4 g网络,让他们准备好了,他们有足够的光谱”。

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一旦5 g的生态系统,包括启用硬件,使开发和用例成功地驾驶,需要更多的质量谱会出现,该公司表示添加“这可能需要多达2020”。

“在此期间,勤奋实现NDCP 2018 (国家数字通信政策),正确对待电信作为数字经济的关键推动者将帮助经济上加强强调电信部门。展望未来,光谱必须负担得起的,它赋予印度电信部门履行其指定的角色使宽带和实现更大的视觉数字印度,“在一封电子邮件中表示,沃达丰的想法,应对报业托拉斯。

此举正值多数电信玩家正面临着金融动荡。在过去的几年中,印度电信市场已成为竞争激烈的近十几个玩家争夺市场份额,撞击的话费在世界上最低的。自2016年以来,当竞争愈演愈烈依赖Jio Infocomm印度首富穆凯什•安巴尼旗下的冲进市场,提供免费电话和廉价的数据。这引发了业内整合——最明显的是,沃达丰(Vodafone)和想法。

事实上,该行业一直在寻求紧急救援措施必然会导致债务重组,削减税收,释放销售税进项税信贷和政府关押。亿万富翁Kumar Mangalam贝拉,沃达丰(Vodafone)有限公司,最近发了一封SOS推迟法定支付政府部门,甚至没有产生足够的现金贷款服务。沃达丰的想法首席也表达了担忧30000卢比,关押的销售税支付“反向充电机制”。

  • 发布于2018年12月16日09:31点坚持
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NEW DELHI: Amid a raging financial crisis in the industry<\/a>, India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea<\/a> has urged the telecom department<\/a> not to hold spectrum auction till 2020, on the grounds that fresh need for quality radiowaves will arise only once the 5G<\/a> ecosystem is ready, according to a government source.

A letter to this effect has been written by Vodafone Idea Ltd to the Department of Telecom (DoT), said the source who did not wish to be named.

When contacted, Vodafone Idea Ltd in an e-mail said, \"For 5G to work, a robust
4G<\/a> network is a must. Accordingly, telecom service providers in India are currently focused on optimising 4G networks and making them 5G ready, for which they have sufficient spectrum.\"

Once the 5G ecosystem, including enabling hardware, develops and India-specific use cases are successfully piloted, a need for more quality spectrum will arise, the company said adding \"this is likely to take up to 2020\".

\"In the interim, a diligent implementation of NDCP 2018 (
National Digital Communications Policy<\/a>) that rightly treats telecom as a critical enabler for a digital economy will help the financially stressed telecom sector strengthen. Going forward, spectrum must be made affordable such that it empowers the Indian telecom sector to fulfil its designated role of making broadband accessible to all and for achieving the larger vision of Digital India,\" said Vodafone Idea, in an email response to PTI.

The move comes at a time when a majority of telecom players are facing a financial turmoil. Over the past few years, India's telecom market had become cut-throat where nearly a dozen players jostled for market share, pummelling the call rates to amongst the lowest in the world. Competition has only intensified since 2016, when
Reliance Jio Infocomm<\/a>, owned by India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, stormed into the market and offered free calls and dirt cheap data. This triggered consolidation in the industry - the most prominent being that of Vodafone and Idea.

In fact, the industry has been seeking urgent relief measures entailing debt restructuring, cut in levies, and release of GST input tax credit locked up with the government. Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, head of Vodafone Idea Ltd, had recently sent an SOS to the government for deferring statutory payments in a sector that is not generating enough cash to even service loans. The Vodafone Idea chief had also expressed concern over Rs 30,000 crore that is locked up on account of GST payment under 'reverse charge mechanism'.
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