India 5G Spectrum Auction – Jio 5G Spectrum Details

by Author · Published August 3, 2022 · Updated October 31, 2023

The recent auction held by Deportment of Telcom (DOT) for spectrum in various low frequency bands (600 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, 2500 MHz), mid bands (3300 MHz) and high band (26 GHz) frequency bands.

Reliance Jio appeared as the top bidder, putting up over Rs 88,078 crore to picking up frequency spectrum across the 700MHz, 800MHz, 1800MHz, 3300MHZ, and 26GHz bands.

Key Pointers

Bands Acquired by different operators
- Jio: 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3300 MHz, 26 GHz
- Airtel: 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 3300 MHz, 26 GHz
- Vodafone: 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2500 MHz, 3300 MHz, 26 GHz
- Adani: 26 GHz
The spectrum use is technology agnostic
Spectrum can be used for period of 20 years
Money paid by different operators
- Jio: Rs 88,078 Crore INR for 24,740 MHz bandwidth
- Airtel: Rs 43,084 Crore INR for 19,867.8 MHz bandwidth
- Vodafone Idea: Rs 18,799 Crore INR for 6228.4 MHz bandwidth
- Adani: Rs 212 Crore INR – 400 MHz bandwidth
Jio Low Bands
- In all 22 Circles, Jio got 700 MHz having 10MHz of channel bandwidth, being FDD (paired spectrum) band it got 10MHz for downlink and 10MHz for uplink
- 800 MHz band is acquired in 4 circles with 5MHz bandwidth its again a FDD band
Jio Mid band
- 1800 MHz band is acquired in 6 circles with 10MHz bandwidth
- 3300 MHz band is acquired in all 22 circles with 100MHz bandwidth, its a TDD band
Jio High Band/mmWave
- 26 GHz band is acquired in all 22 circles with 1000MHz bandwidth with TDD duplex