3g Spectrum Winners

Hi Friends,

Here is the results of the 3G Spectrum bidding.

The 3G auction had commenced on 9 April, 2010 and there were nine bidders in the fray for the slots of 3G spectrum on the block. The government auctioned three slots in 17 telecom service areas and four slots in the remaining five states of Punjab, Bihar, Orissa, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.


No single bidder bid for a pan-India 3G license so state operator BSNL would be remain the biggest 3G operator in India. Delhi circle emerged the most valuable circle at Rs.3317 crore, followed by Mumbai at Rs.3247 crore. Among the major bidders, Idea cellular paid nearly Rs.5765 cr for 11 telecom circles, while India’s largest 2G Mobile service operator Bharti Airtel paid Rs.12290 cr for 13 telecom circles, Vodafone Essar will paid Rs. 11617 crore for 9 telecom circle while Reliance Commmunication paid Rs 8583 crore for 13 telecom circles.

The List of 3G Winners (Private Operators )-:

• Delhi & NCR: Vodafone, Bharti, Reliance Communications at Rs 3316.93 cr
• Mumbai: Reliance, Vodafone, Bharti Airtel at Rs.3247.07 cr
• Maharashtra & Goa: Tata Com, Idea cellular, Vodafone at Rs.1257.82 cr
• Gujarat: Tata Com, Vodafone, Idea at Rs.1076.06 cr
• Andhra Pradesh: Bharti Airtel, Idea, Aircel at Rs.1373.14 cr
• Karnataka: Tata Telecommunication, Aircel, Bharti at Rs.1579.91 cr
• Tamil Nadu: Bharti, Vodafone, Aircel at Rs.1464.94 cr
• Kolkata: Vodafone, Aircel, Reliance Communications at Rs.544.26 cr
• Kerela: Idea cellular, Tata Telecommunications, Aircel at Rs.312.48 cr
• Punjab: Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications, Tata Telecommunications, Aircel at Rs.322.01 cr
• Haryana: Idea Cellular, Tata Telecommunications, Vodafone at Rs. 222.58 cr
• Madhya Pradesh & Chattishgarh: Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications, Tata Telecommunications at Rs.258.4 cr
• Rajasthan: Reliance Communications, Bharti, Tata Telecommunications at Rs.321 cr
• U.P. (West): Bharti, Idea Cellular, Tata Telecommunications at Rs. 514 cr
• U.P (East): Aircel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone at Rs.364.6 cr
• West Bengal:Bharti,Reliance Telecom,Vodafone, Aircel at Rs.123.36 cr
• Himachal Pradesh :Bharti, Stel, Idea cellular, Reliance at Rs.37.23 cr.
• Bihar & Jharkhand : Stel, Bharti, Reliance, Aircel at Rs.203.46 cr
• Orissa : Stel, Aircel,Reliance at Rs.96.98 cr
• Assam: Reliance, Bharti, Aircel at Rs.41.48 cr
• North East: Aircel, Bharti, Reliance at Rs.42.30 cr
• Jammu & Kashmir : Idea, Aircel, Bharti, Reliance at Rs.30.30 cr

The winning telecom firms will have to deposit the money within 10 days from now. The successful bidders would be allowed to offer 3G services on a commercial basis from 1st September,2010.
State telecom operator BSNL and MTNL already received 3G spectrum outside the auction process, and launched 3G mobile services in more than 430 cities across India,but the bidding price would be determined by the auction price.