India says no auction of satellite spectrum after Musk decries move

[Anta Assamey]

2 minutes ago, pichukgudu said:

Bro .. there is a difference .. India is a member of ITU & signatory to that treaty where satellite spectrum is considered to be a shared & limited natural resource.

Musk's Starlink argues administrative allotment of licences is in line with a global trend, while India's Reliance, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, says an auction is needed to ensure a level playing field and as there are no provisions in Indian law on how individuals can be provided satellite broadband services.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musk-reacts-ambani-lobbying-calls-any-india-move-auction-satellite-spectrum-2024-10-15/

Ardam ayyindi...

[Android_Halwa]

31 minutes ago, Anta Assamey said:

Red part ardam kaledu... 

You are saying first come first at that point of time lo small companies came with less money to the government and took the spectrum license and sold or merged with big companies for higher price antunavu...So government would have got that higher amount... That is the scam.. did I get it right..

You got it right, for most part.

It's not first come, first served. Govt set the bar so low that any company with little funds or guarantors was eligible for spectrum. At that time, Telecom companies lo 100% FDI lekunde, I think max 76% vunde anukunta and that forcibly made foreign companies to tie with Indian companies to operate. This was an opportunity, Ministry vallu rules dilute chesi chinna chitaka companies ki allotment ichinaru for cheap...something that was worth few thousand crores was given away for 200-300crs. These companies overnight became very in demand and foreign cellular operating companies wanted to tie up with these companies. Almost 30 circles vunde and every circle had 4-5 allotted, that will be almost 120-150 new allotted including exiting players and each allotte valla oka 1000 crores loss anukunna over all ga oka laksa kotlu poinatte...

[bhaigan]

11 hours ago, CaptainMaverick said:

• Musk fights Ambani over India satellite spectrum assignment
• Musk says any move by India to auction spectrum 'unprecedented'
• India says it is backing administrative allocation of spectrum
• Ambani has been lobbying Indian government for auction route

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - India's government on Tuesday said it will allot spectrum for satellite broadband administratively and not via auction, hours after Elon Musk criticized the auction route being sought by rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani as "unprecedented".

In what is seen as a battle between billionaires, the methodology of awarding spectrum for satellite services in India - a market set to grow 36% a year to reach $1.9 billion by 2030 - has been a contentious issue since last year.

 

Musk's Starlink argues administrative allotment of licences is in line with a global trend, while India's Reliance, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, says an auction is needed to ensure a level playing field and as there are no provisions in Indian law on how individuals can be provided satellite broadband services.

Telecoms Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said during a New Delhi event that the spectrum will be allocated administratively in line with Indian laws, and its pricing worked out by the telecom watchdog.

 

"If you do decide to auction it, then you will be doing something which is different from the rest of the world," he said.

Musk was appreciative of the government's decision, and said on social media platform X, "We will do our best to serve the people of India with Starlink".

On Sunday, Reuters was first to report that Reliance had challenged the Indian telecom regulator's consultation process that signals home satellite broadband spectrum should be allocated, not auctioned, calling for it to start again.

 

The minister's comment will come as a shot in the arm for Musk, who following the Reuters story, wrote on X late on Monday that any decision to auction "would be unprecedented".

"This spectrum was long designated by the ITU as shared spectrum for satellites," Musk said, referring to the International Telecommunication Union, a U.N. agency for digital technology.

India is a member of the ITU and signatory to its treaty that regulates satellite spectrum and advocates that allocation must be done "rationally, efficiently and economically" as it is a "limited natural resource".

 

Sunil Mittal, co-chair of global satellite group Eutelsat, which has partnered with India's telecom operator Bharti Airtel, voiced support for the auction route on Tuesday.

"Satellite companies who have ambitions to come into urban areas, serving elite retail customers, just need to take the telecom licenses like everybody else... they need to buy the spectrum as telecom companies buy," Mittal, who is also the chair of Airtel, said at the New Delhi event.

 

Earlier in 2023, both Eutelsat unit OneWeb and Airtel had voiced concerns about auctioning the spectrum in their submissions to the Indian government.

Musk's Starlink and some global peers like Amazon's Project Kuiper back an administrative allocation, saying spectrum is a natural resource that should be shared by companies.

Modi malli PM ayinde Ambani and Adani drug cartel la kosam

Under world mafia ni create cheyadam, open scams cheyadam

[bhaigan]

9 hours ago, Android_Halwa said:

Auction : set of condition put forth by the government and usually a bidding system and who ever qualifies and offers best price will be allotted the spectrum. 
 

Administrative route : Government committee will evaluate and award the tender to highly qualified, experienced participant. Usually ‘Manalni evadra apedi, idantha manade” type…Example: Norman Foster, Singapore Consortium..

Highly qualified LOL

entha high ? Drug cartel antha high aa

oka satellite ayina manufacture chesinada Ambani, kaneesam oka startup ayina pettinada gave any competition to ISRO

denne crony capitalism ani cheppindi opposition

em sanghi gallu ra nayana

[bhaigan]

7 hours ago, Anta Assamey said:

idi ekkada comedy....

Auction ledu ani BJP vallu Congress scam chesindi ani country mottam racha chesi...

Ippudu subram ga Act okati techukoni malli ade pani chestunara...

 

Just now read this comedy ...However, in April 2024, the Union government filed an application to modify the 2012 verdict by Supreme Court ...

Calling @bhaigan

Sanghi galla ni prathi democratic institutions lo pampinaru bhayya

Managing media

BJP/RSS destroyed democratic pillars of this society, andulo first pillar courts

[Android_Halwa]

2 minutes ago, bhaigan said:

Highly qualified LOL

entha high ? Drug cartel antha high aa

oka satellite ayina manufacture chesinada Ambani, kaneesam oka startup ayina pettinada gave any competition to ISRO

denne crony capitalism ani cheppindi opposition

em sanghi gallu ra nayana

Ambani owns and runs India’s largest digital, fiber network and has about 47 crore customers. A qualification which puts them ahead of 95% telecom companies on earth.

Now coming to ISRO, why will Reliance compete with ISRO ? Cell phone data, petrol bapathi space exploration ki link endi kaka ? 

[bhaigan]

desa sampadanu ambani and adani ki dochi pettadaniki malli PM ayyadu Mogli

Sanghi Bigots

 

[bhaigan]

14 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Ambani owns and runs India’s largest digital, fiber network and has about 47 crore customers. A qualification which puts them ahead of 95% telecom companies on earth.

Now coming to ISRO, why will Reliance compete with ISRO ? Cell phone data, petrol bapathi space exploration ki link endi kaka ? 

Bongu lo JIO BSNL ni sanka nakinchi create chesina network adi

Norman forsters meeda edavadam kadu, you should first oppose this

[Tellugodu]

6 hours ago, Android_Halwa said:

Previously when soectrum was allocated, beneficiary rules were very lax and easy…companies which were literally inexistent had no background in telecom operations also participated and won the licenses..

Literally DB Telecom, Swan Telecom, and few others which were merely real estate and construction companies, corporate lobbying companies etc participated and won the licenses for pow price. These companies in turn sold the licenses or merged/joint venture  with actual telecom companies like Vodafone, Telenor, MTS, Etisalat, Aircel etc. 

Idi problem. Deeni valle 2g spectrum allication scam modalu ayindi.

Latest laws prakaram, participating criteria is now clearly laid out like number of years in business, technical specifications, capability etc…so that only qualified players get the allotment.

Auction method proved very expensive for companies so much so that 90% of the players have exited the market because they couldn't afford to pay the fees. All of them either sold or merged their companies to three players in the market now.

Edantha enduku Anna, let them allocate spectrum and charge 20% of total revenue from each player who got the spectrum license is administratively less burden some kada. 

[bhaigan]

15 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Ambani owns and runs India’s largest digital, fiber network and has about 47 crore customers. A qualification which puts them ahead of 95% telecom companies on earth.

Now coming to ISRO, why will Reliance compete with ISRO ? Cell phone data, petrol bapathi space exploration ki link endi kaka ? 

2G spectrum ani Congress meeda edchinaru, mari ippudu ade chattam tisukoni vachi malli ade scam chesthunaru kada

[Android_Halwa]

21 minutes ago, bhaigan said:

Bongu lo JIO BSNL ni sanka nakinchi create chesina network adi

Norman forsters meeda edavadam kadu, you should first oppose this

2014 varake BSNL sanka naaki poindi…

Evari valla ayindantav ?

[Android_Halwa]

13 minutes ago, bhaigan said:

2G spectrum ani Congress meeda edchinaru, mari ippudu ade chattam tisukoni vachi malli ade scam chesthunaru kada

Ade chattam uh ? Igo, inko self goal esukuntav…

Congress time la ministry level la teesukunna decision 2g….Modi time la legalise chesi istamochinnatu qualifucations marchakunda solid ga law chesinaru..

Niki Ie renditiki teda telisthe RaGa PM ayinatte..

[bhaigan]

 

 @Anta Assamey this is what something happening in background

[Android_Halwa]

18 minutes ago, Tellugodu said:

Edantha enduku Anna, let them allocate spectrum and charge 20% of total revenue from each player who got the spectrum license is administratively less burden some kada. 

Alage kanichesdam…elago isari open aunction lettina evadu raadu..

[bhaigan]

1 minute ago, Android_Halwa said:

Ade chattam uh ? Igo, inko self goal esukuntav…

Congress time la ministry level la teesukunna decision 2g….Modi time la legalise chesi istamochinnatu qualifucations marchakunda solid ga law chesinaru..

Niki Ie renditiki teda telisthe RaGa PM ayinatte..

Solid ga law chesinada ante legalized corruption annamata