$1 bn & 15 months later, DoT spikes Qualcomm plan

Fifteen months after CDMA chipmaker Qualcomm won bid for four circles and paid $1 billion to the government in an auction, the department of telecommunications (DoT) has informed it that its application for an internet service provider (ISP) licence is rejected. The licence is imperative for the company to undertake any operations at all with the broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum it won last year in Delhi, Mumbai, Kerala and Haryana.

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