{"id":693,"date":"2021-03-13T08:11:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T02:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepktalks.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2021-03-13T08:11:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T02:41:07","slug":"spectrum-auction-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html","title":{"rendered":"What is Spectrum Auction, Main Highlights of Auction Held in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Why Spectrum auction\u00a0 in news?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The department of telecommunications recently held the spectrum auctions from 1st March in 700, 800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300 and 2500 MHz.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What are spectrum auction?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Devices such as cellphones and wireless telephones require signal to connect from one point to another point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">These signals are carried on airwaves, which must be sent at certain frequencies to avoid any kind of interference.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Who are responsible for these public assets?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The union Government owns all the publically available assets which also includes airwaves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With the increment in the phone and internet users in recent years,the need to provide space to these emerged from time to time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To sell these assets to the companies which are willing to business in India, government held auctions for these time to time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When was the last time auction held?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The last spectrum auction was held in year 2016 ,where government sell 965MHz receiving an earning of 65,789 crores.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Why did the new auction held?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The need for a new auction spectrum has arisen because of the validity of the airwaves bought by companies will expire in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What are the main highlights of the 2021 Spectrum auction?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This auction held in 6 rounds.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Reliance Jio emerged as the highest bidder with 57,122.65 crores for 488.35 MHz spectrum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Bharati airtel stands at second place with 355.45 MHz worth rs 18,698 crores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Reliance Jio,Bharati airtel and vi are the only bidders in the auction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">None of them showed interest in bidding in 700MHz and 2500MHz bands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The government this time managed to same 60% of spectrum in auction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Is the latest spectrum for 5G network?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In certain cases, ministry said that it could be used for 5G services.But, specifically it is for 4G bands .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Government may held an another bidding for 5G bands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Written By &#8211; Deepak Kumar (Senior Analyst)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Also Read &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thepktalks.com\/get-education-loans.html\">How to avail Education Loan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Spectrum auction\u00a0 in news? &nbsp; The department of telecommunications recently held the spectrum auctions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Spectrum Auction, Main Highlights of Auction Held in 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is Spectrum Auction , why in news, where was previous Auction Held, main Highlights of Auction 2021 and other details.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Spectrum Auction, Main Highlights of Auction Held in 2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is Spectrum Auction , why in news, where was previous Auction Held, main Highlights of Auction 2021 and other details.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PK Talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-13T02:41:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spectrum-Auction.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"273\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Prince Kumar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Prince Kumar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Prince Kumar\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c87f1a10f20113f75cc423d305c15eef\"},\"headline\":\"What is Spectrum Auction, Main Highlights of Auction Held in 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-13T02:41:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-13T02:41:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c87f1a10f20113f75cc423d305c15eef\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Social Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html\",\"name\":\"What is Spectrum Auction, Main Highlights of Auction Held in 2021\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-13T02:41:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-13T02:41:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"What is Spectrum Auction , why in news, where was previous Auction Held, main Highlights of Auction 2021 and other details.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/spectrum-auction-2021.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is Spectrum Auction, Main Highlights of Auction Held in 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/\",\"name\":\"PK Talks\",\"description\":\"Learn Online &amp; 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