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  Qualcomm has filed an application with the Indian Government that will allow them to bid in the upcoming BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) auction for the 2.3GHz band spectrum. The bidding is to facilitate and accelerate the deployment of TD-LTE that will enable Indian consumers to experience broadband speeds here as well as on international [...]

  When everything was going smoothly and it seemed that Indians might finally have 3G service, Central Vigilance Commission’s (CVC) has come in the way by demanding a change in the 3G policy. The CVC is demanding for a change because they claim the current 3G policy is biased towards Indian private players and foreign [...]

  Well, the date is set and hopefully it won’t budge this time. Government has fixed April 9 as the auction date for the 3G spectrum whereas the auction for BWA (broadband wireless access) spectrum, including WiMax will take place two days after the 3G auction. As we said yesterday, the NIA was supposed to [...]

  I know you’ve heard this lot of times before but this time it’s real. The first step towards the delayed 3G auction process is expected to start by end of this week when the ministry will issue Notice Inviting Application (NIA), the policy guidelines for 3G auction. NIA is the preliminary step and contrary [...]