India 3G Auctions Winners Announced
The Department of Telecom (DoT) just posted the list of winners for the 3G Auctions in various circles. Airtel , Aircel ,Reliance, Idea, Tata , STel won atleast 1 circle. Videocon and Etisalat did not win even one circle ! Once the formalities are over we should expect commercial services to be offered by the winners starting from September 2010
UPDATE :
- Bharti, Reliance and Aircel won in 13 circles
- Idea in 11 circles
- Vodafone and Tata won in 9 circles
- Surprisingly Stel won in 3 circles
Here are all the winners circle wise
Delhi
Vodafone , Bharti and Reliance
Mumbai
Reliance , Vodafone , Bharti
Maharashtra
Tata,Idea,Vodafone
Gujarat
Tata,Idea,Vodafone
AP
Bharti,Idea,Aircel
Karnataka
Tata,Aircel,Bharti
Tamil Nadu
Bharti,Vodafone,Aircel
Kolkata
Vodafone,Aircel,Reliance
Kerala
Idea,Tata,Aircel
Punjab
Idea,Reliance,Tata,Aircel
Haryana
Idea,Tata,Vodafone
UP(East)
Aircel,Idea,Vodafone
UP(West)
Bharti,Idea,Tata
Rajasthan
Reliance,Bharti,Tata
MP
Idea,Reliance,Tata
West Bengal
Bharti,Reliance,Vodafone,Aircel
Himachal Pradesh
Bharti,STel,Idea,Reliance
Bihar
STel,Bharti,Reliance,Aircel
Orissa
STel,Aircel,Reliance
Assam
Reliance,Bharti,Aircel
North East
Aircel,Bharti,Reliance
Jammu and Kashmir
Idea,Aircel,Reliance,Bharti
Note : The document says The Auction results are provisional and subject to approval by the Government but its unlikely that we might see any major changes !
And State Owned providers BSNL and MTNL are missing from that list because they are already offering 3G service. They are expected to pay a fee matching the highest bid to continue offering the services.
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