{"id":826496,"date":"2024-06-27T09:10:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T03:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=826496"},"modified":"2024-06-27T09:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T03:46:18","slug":"bharti-airtel-acquires-97-mhz-of-spectrum-worth-rs-6857-crore-for-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2024\/06\/27\/bharti-airtel-acquires-97-mhz-of-spectrum-worth-rs-6857-crore-for-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharti Airtel acquires 97 MHz of spectrum worth Rs 6,857 crore for 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telecom major Bharti Airtel has secured 97 MHz of spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, and 2100 MHz frequency bands in an auction concluded on June 26 for a total of Rs 6,857 crore. This spectrum, obtained for 20 years period, aims to enhance the company\u2019s mid-band holdings across key circles. <\/p>\n<p>In an exchange filing, Airtel mentioned that the newly acquired spectrum would bolster its existing mid-band spectrum pool, making it the largest in the country. This acquisition includes the renewal of spectrum set to expire in 2024, ensuring continuity and improved service delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telecom major Bharti Airtel has secured 97 MHz of spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, and 2100 MHz frequency bands in an auction concluded on June 26 for a total of Rs 6,857 crore. This spectrum, obtained for 20 years period, aims to enhance the company\u2019s mid-band holdings across key circles. In an exchange filing, Airtel mentioned that the newly acquired spectrum would bolster its existing mid-band spectrum pool, making it the largest in the country. This acquisition includes the renewal of spectrum set to expire in 2024, ensuring continuity and improved service delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-standard-newspapers","category-newspapers","category-telecom-business-standard-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}