Spectrum auction fetches Rs 109,000 crore till Thursday

India government today said the provisional bidding at the ongoing spectrum auction reached Rs 109,000 crore on Thursday.

The Department of Telecommunications or DoT will announce the winners later. Telecom service providers such as Aircel, Uninor, Tata Teleservices, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone, Reliance Communications, Reliance Jio Infocomm are in the fray to buy spectrum in the 1800 MHz, 900 MHz and 800 MHz bands. There is no demand for 2100 MHz which is used for 3G services.

Today’s bidding observed less demand for 900 MHz spectrum band as well. On Thursday, 6 rounds of bidding completed. Till now, 86 rounds of bidding have taken place.

“Brisk bidding was seen on 14th day of bidding. There is robust bidding going on in 1800 MHz and 800 MHz bands. At the end of 86th round, over 89 percent of the spectrum has been provisionally allocated to bidders,” said DoT.

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Spectrum Auction in 2100, 1800, 900 & 800 MHz Bands

Daily Public Report: End of day 16

Date 2015-03-19
Number of Clock Rounds completed today : 6
Total Number of Clock Rounds completed till Date : 86

Information by Service Area

 

 

 

Service Area

 

 

 

Band

 

 

Clock Round Price per Block in Round 86 (In Crore in INR)

 

 

Aggregate Demand at Round 86 Price (In No.)

 

 

Excess Demand at Round 86

Price (In No.)

Provisional Winning Price per Block at end of Round

86 (In Crore in

INR)

 

 

Price Increment Applicable for Round 87 (In Crore in INR)

Andhra Pradesh 800 MHz 742.63 4 -1 728.07 0.00
Assam 800 MHz 103.79 4 -7 102.77 0.00
Bihar 800 MHz 106.25 1 -3 106.25 0.00
Delhi 800 MHz 1028.47 4 1 1028.47 10.28
Gujarat 800 MHz 350.65 0 -2 347.18 0.00
Haryana 800 MHz 77.07 1 -5 70.71 0.00
Himachal

Pradesh

 

800 MHz

 

26.66

 

0

 

-7

 

24.46

 

0.00

Jammu & Kashmir  

800 MHz

 

36.05

 

2

 

-5

 

35.35

 

0.00

Karnataka 800 MHz 378.75 0 -1 0.00 0.00
Kolkata 800 MHz 185.58 0 -1 183.75 0.00
Madhya Pradesh 800 MHz 427.56 4 -1 427.56 0.00
Maharashtra 800 MHz 941.65 5 2 941.65 18.83
Mumbai 800 MHz 918.46 0 -6 909.37 0.00
North East 800 MHz 29.33 12 1 29.33 0.29
Odisha 800 MHz 53.86 0 -6 51.30 0.00
Punjab 800 MHz 112.67 0 -3 107.31 0.00
Tamil Nadu 800 MHz 450.00 0 -1 0.00 0.00
Uttar Pradesh

(East)

 

800 MHz

 

167.50

 

0

 

-3

 

0.00

 

0.00

Uttar Pradesh

(West)

 

800 MHz

 

118.75

 

0

 

-1

 

0.00

 

0.00

West Bengal 800 MHz 71.96 0 -1 71.25 0.00
Andhra Pradesh 900 MHz 144.31 45 -25 136.15 0.00
Assam 900 MHz 37.35 0 -31 36.99 0.00
Bihar 900 MHz 81.36 25 -6 80.56 0.00
Gujarat 900 MHz 146.71 30 -40 134.60 0.00
Haryana 900 MHz 30.24 61 -1 30.24 0.00
Himachal

Pradesh

 

900 MHz

 

11.60

 

0

 

-62

 

11.49

 

0.00

Karnataka 900 MHz 122.65 44 -26 111.50 0.00
Kerala 900 MHz 74.61 30 -32 73.88 0.00
Madhya Pradesh 900 MHz 64.99 37 -25 61.90 0.00
Maharashtra 900 MHz 156.14 0 -70 154.60 0.00
North East 900 MHz 10.48 0 -44 10.38 0.00
Odisha 900 MHz 28.91 6 -25 27.80 0.00
Punjab 900 MHz 74.31 75 -3 72.15 0.00
Rajasthan 900 MHz 91.44 31 -31 90.54 0.00
Uttar Pradesh

(East)

 

900 MHz

 

89.02

 

0

 

-31

 

88.14

 

0.00

Uttar Pradesh

(West)

 

900 MHz

 

110.25

 

30

 

-1

 

110.25

 

0.00

West Bengal 900 MHz 41.91 0 -22 41.50 0.00
Andhra Pradesh 1800 MHz 49.04 6 -13 48.56 0.00
Bihar 1800 MHz 12.40 0 -10 0.00 0.00
Gujarat 1800 MHz 48.07 0 -17 47.60 0.00

 

Haryana 1800 MHz 9.59 23 -17 9.32 0.00
Himachal

Pradesh

 

1800 MHz

 

2.96

 

30

 

-21

 

2.94

 

0.00

Karnataka 1800 MHz 37.37 0 -9 37.00 0.00
Kerala 1800 MHz 16.85 0 -5 16.69 0.00
Kolkata 1800 MHz 31.01 0 -35 29.82 0.00
North East 1800 MHz 2.20 38 -4 2.20 0.00
Odisha 1800 MHz 6.68 25 -56 6.62 0.00
Punjab 1800 MHz 14.34 3 -5 14.20 0.00
Rajasthan 1800 MHz 15.27 0 -52 14.55 0.00
Tamil Nadu 1800 MHz 45.00 85 -10 45.00 0.00
Uttar Pradesh

(East)

 

1800 MHz

 

19.78

 

18

 

-3

 

19.59

 

0.00

Uttar Pradesh

(West)

 

1800 MHz

 

19.00

 

3

 

-8

 

19.00

 

0.00

Andhra Pradesh 2100 MHz 1375.00 0 -1 0.00 0.00
Assam 2100 MHz 195.11 0 -1 193.18 0.00
Delhi 2100 MHz 3315.00 0 -1 0.00 0.00
Gujarat 2100 MHz 1302.90 0 -1 1290.00 0.00
Haryana 2100 MHz 232.30 0 -1 230.00 0.00
Karnataka 2100 MHz 1658.78 0 -1 1642.36 0.00
Kerala 2100 MHz 594.45 0 -1 588.57 0.00
Kolkata 2100 MHz 583.74 0 -1 577.97 0.00
Madhya Pradesh 2100 MHz 461.31 0 -1 456.75 0.00
Maharashtra 2100 MHz 1520.05 0 -1 1505.00 0.00
Mumbai 2100 MHz 3245.00 0 -1 0.00 0.00
North East 2100 MHz 55.90 0 -1 55.35 0.00
Odisha 2100 MHz 182.06 0 -1 180.26 0.00
Rajasthan 2100 MHz 706.11 0 -1 699.12 0.00
Tamil Nadu 2100 MHz 1737.20 0 -1 1720.00 0.00
Uttar Pradesh

(East)

 

2100 MHz

 

456.01

 

0

 

-1

 

451.50

 

0.00

Uttar Pradesh

(West)

 

2100 MHz

 

530.60

 

0

 

-1

 

525.35

 

0.00

 

Baburajan K
editor@telecomlead.com

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