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India’s much awaited 3G policy, which was due few weeks back has been finally announced. This 3G policy will bring smile on the face of foreign players as they can participate in the 3G auction like their Indian counterparts. The minister of Communications and Technology has announced that the 3G license will be sodl through a system of global auction. According to details given by the ministry, first 3 to 5 licenses would be allocated and then 5 more licenses will be allocated. However, one important point to note in this announcement was that, 2 licenses would be reserved for BSNL and MTNL and both these companies would get this licenses immediately.

According to Cellular-News, “The Department of Telecommunications has also fixed the reserve price for the licenses at Rs 160 crore (US$37.6 million) for metros and category A circles, Rs 80 crore (US$18.8 million) for category B, and Rs 30 crore (US$7 million) for C circles. The reserve price for a pan-India license is Rs 2,020 crore (US$475 million).”
BSNL has announced that it is planning to launch 3G services in next 6 months and as you know AirTel is ready with its 3G applications and partners.