India’s 3G bid price continued to increase steadily entered the third day. The pan-India maximum bid price on Monday was Rs.4324.19 crore, which is 24% more than the reserve price of Rs.3500 crore.The competition among the top telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, Reliance Communications, Idea Cellular, and Tata Tele Services will be on peak in the bid for getting 3G airwaves in all 22 telecom circles.
The day 3 of the 3G auctions saw bids increase significantly particularly for Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh ( East) telecom circles with round 17 price of these circles set to rise by Rs.20.82 crore and Rs.15.76 crore respectively.
Gujarat telecom circle has emerged as the surprise hot spot and most attractive in the ongoing auction of spectrum for next generation -3G mobile services. While the highest bid so far for any circle has been for Delhi, at Rs.416.43 crore, Gujarat is just a tad behind, with a bid of Rs.416.42 crore. Gujarat also saw the highest number of bidders, five, while Delhi had four bidders.
Bids for Rajasthan telecom circle too increased at a healthy rate from Rs. 144.54 crore to Rs.159.47 crore. The price for Rajasthan at the end of round 17 will rise by Rs.7.97 crore.
However category ‘C’ circles failed to attract any bids and thereby any price rise making one wonder the ‘pan-India’ pitch made by the Government as well as interested bidders.
Delhi-NCR circle remained on top in terms of the provisional winning price at the end of 16 rounds, Gujarat joined the same league on Monday. While the provisional winning price at the end of round 16 in Delhi was Rs.416.43 crore, that in Gujarat was Rs.416.42 crore.
While India’s business capital Mumbai has been pushed to the seventh position now (lowest in A circle), down from second on the opening day.
According to the telecom minister A Raja, “the government had expected to earn Rs.35,000-45,000 crore from the 3G and broadband Aireless Access (BWA) auctions.”
From the on going 3G auction process it seems that India’s National Telecom backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) would remain the biggest pan India 3G services provider, even after the launch of services by private operators (except in Delhi and Mumbai, where Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) operates) because none of the mobile service operators interested to bid for Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, and Orissa telecom circles.
State run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) were given 3G spectrum ahead of private players and have already launched their 3G mobile services in more than 380 cities across India and they would have to pay highest bid price.
According to the announcement by Department of Telecommunication (DoT) the winners will be awarded 3G spectrum only in September-2010, which means commercial operations of 3G services by private operators should be possible only by the end of 2010 or early 2011.
ARJUN.C May 19, 2010 at 5:34 pm
GIVE ME A LIST OF MOBILE OPERATORS WHO ARE FINALLY SELECTED FOR 3G SPECTRUM
Mahmood Junaid May 7, 2010 at 7:15 pm
pan india auction price crossed 12k crore… proceeding well
rajiev April 15, 2010 at 9:02 am
number to batao
ANIL April 14, 2010 at 11:40 pm
RECHARGE KAR DO RS100
Mohit Khurana April 14, 2010 at 11:16 pm
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Idrees April 14, 2010 at 6:39 pm
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Idrees April 14, 2010 at 6:08 pm
4th day of 3G auctions: gujrat surpassed delhi to emerge out the most valueable circle wth a bid price of 460 crore, the pan india 3G licence price increased to 4583 crore meaning 31% higher than the reserve price 3,500 crore
Dinesh April 14, 2010 at 5:33 pm
one more thing wondering how come mumbai 2nd from down ??????
Dinesh April 14, 2010 at 5:32 pm
humm … they are putting much money .. so definably they will recover all from us .. lets see how they are bringing plan for end users
vinod April 14, 2010 at 5:30 pm
I wna t buy 3g phone between 4000 to 5000.
Max April 14, 2010 at 12:17 pm
one more thing wat i mention abt speed is not t speed we get in phone, its t speed whic i get when i connect to pc
Max April 14, 2010 at 12:15 pm
from morning Aircel internet is not working properly & even Customer care ppl r not receiving… really its waste im feeling tat i again wasted 100rs for tis idiotic network…..
Arjun.C April 14, 2010 at 11:19 am
@Max
Of Course But In My Aircel Mobile, Video Download Will Take atleast 3 Minutes if you have sufficient amount of balance i.e. More than 6RUPEES TO 90 RUPEES, but TATA DOCOMO SUCKS HERE. It is TIME WASTE.
Max April 14, 2010 at 8:49 am
@Arjun.C
Dont mind but Docomo’s net speed is quite faster than Aircel.yest i opened one youtube video whic was of 1.2mins. Believe me in docomo it jus took less than 2 mins to load t complete video & in Aircel it took more than 10mins..the time was 11.30p.m (at tat time Docomo’s net ll be slow b’cos of many users but still it managed to give tat speed)
Wat you say now???
Arjun.C April 14, 2010 at 6:42 am
ONE OF THE MAJOR TELECOM OPERATORS OF MALAYSIA I.E. MAXIS COMMUNICATION WHO IS A MAJORITY STAKE HOLDER OF AIRCEL USES NET CRACKER TECHNOLOGY FOR IT’S NET SPEED.
Arjun.C April 14, 2010 at 6:36 am
@Max
it’s a new technology that enables the telecom Operator to Spread it’s communication all over the country and also improves the net speed.
Prasath J April 14, 2010 at 2:58 am
Nice, but I hope 3G is NOT going to be as cheap as we are expecting it to be…
Avishek April 13, 2010 at 10:20 pm
@Sanjay….
carefully look at the India map on the u-tube video u maintioned in ur link…something serious is wrong in that map(upper portion)……
Max April 13, 2010 at 10:00 pm
@Arjun.C
i jus now read ur comment posted on Zeebiz.com
“aircel is doing a fantastic job aircel will kick off all the cellular operators if it uses netcracker technology for 25g&3g mobile networks
-Arjun.c – KOLAR, KARNATAKA
seriously man ur a Die hard fan of Aircel..
Can u tell me what is tat net cracker technology??
Max April 13, 2010 at 9:41 pm
@Arjun.C
no buddy still auction process is going on… i guess it ll take another 2 or 3 weeks to get final results
rajiev April 13, 2010 at 8:54 pm
kuch samjh mein nahi aaya , ki kya ho raha hai.kaun kya kar raha hai
Arjun.C April 13, 2010 at 8:22 pm
IS AIRCEL BAGGED 3G SPECTRUM?
rahul (Tech India) April 13, 2010 at 8:14 pm
waiting for final
Sanjay Bafna April 13, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Check cool video by NSN on 3G http://tinyurl.com/y6pgrr9
Swaps April 13, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Right! Currently BSNL offers 3G only in Guwahati.
Max April 13, 2010 at 3:03 pm
@Sanjay Bafna
Think If bidding for pan india concludes for 4500crores, then BSNL sould pay 4500crs to govt wat?
Sanjay Bafna April 13, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Because its not FREE!
Sanjay Bafna April 13, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Check the full list here http://tinyurl.com/y9bswux
mukul April 13, 2010 at 2:46 pm
doubt if the government will get the Rs. 35,000 cr from 3G auction. even 3g and WBA put together may fall short of 35 k cr
Anirban Mukherjee April 13, 2010 at 2:44 pm
@Sanjay Bafna
both of them are state-owned then why BSNL and MTNL would
have to pay???????
kaushik April 13, 2010 at 2:33 pm
how many bidders are there 4 kolkata and ROB circle ?
Max April 13, 2010 at 2:30 pm
BSNL should expand its 3G services in Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, and Orissa telecom circlesvary rapidly .B’cos ppl ll become disappointed by these things, so BSNL make ppl of these circles happy…
Sanjay Bafna April 13, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Bsnl and Mtnl would have to pay highest bid price for 3G spectrum which was already alloted to them.
emad April 13, 2010 at 1:46 pm
bsnl and mtnl would have to pay highest bid price? but why? please clear it