Prashant Singhal

According to sources, the spectrum auction payout by various companies stand at -- Vodafone likely to be at Rs 34,500 crore, Bharti Airtel at around Rs 27,500 crore, Idea (Rs 28,000 crore), Reliance Jio (Rs 11,000 crore) and Reliance Communications (Rs 2,300 crore).

Hope DoT will lower price to see more participation: EY

Trai has recommended that 2100 MHz should be auctioned with 800 and 900 MHz band and the 2100 MHz spectrum assigned to STeL be auctioned.

Hope Cabinet lowers price to Trai recommended level: EY

Prashant Singhal of EY fails to understand why the DoT committee has finalised reserve price higher than the one recommended by Trai. This move will only increase the pressure on telcos, he says.

Telecos to lose $400m on abolition of roaming charges

Abolition of roaming charges as proposed in the draft National Telecom Policy 2011 is expected to result in a revenue loss of about USD 400 million for leading telecom service providers.