थ्री जी स्पेक्ट्रमची लिलाव प्रक्रिया सुरू

Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2010 by maaybhumi desk

नवी दिल्ली

देशातील बहुप्रतिक्षित मोबाइल सेवा (थ्रीजी) स्‍पेक्ट्रमची लिलाव प्रक्रिया अखेर सुरू झाली असून रेडियो फ्रिक्वेंसी स्पेक्ट्रमचा लिलाव सुरू झाली आहे. थ्री जीचा लिलाव पूर्ण झाल्‍यानंतर ब्रॉडबँड सेवेचा लिलाव केला जाणार आहे.
ही ऑनलाइन लिलाव प्रक्रिया रविवार व राष्‍ट्रीय सुटीचे दिवस वगळता रोज सकाळी नऊ वाजेपासून सायंकाळी साडे सात वाजेपर्यंत चालेल. या प्रक्रीयेसाठी सुमारे एक महिन्‍याचा कालावधी लागण्‍याची शक्यता आहे.

त्‍यात भारती एअरटेल, रिलायन्‍स कम्युनिकेशन्स, वोडाफोन एस्सार, आयडिया सेल्युलर, टाटा टेलीसर्व्‍हीसेस, एअरसेल, एटीसालट, एस. टेल आणि व्‍हीडिओकॉन टेलीकम्युनिकेशन्स या कंपन्‍या सहभागी झाल्‍या आहेत. यात संपूर्ण भारतभर ही सुविधा देण्‍यासाठी आणि काही निवडक सर्कलमध्‍ये ही सुविधा देण्‍यासाठी बोली लावली जाणार आहे. प्रत्येक सर्कलसाठी 3500 कोटी रुपये किमान बोली ठेवण्‍यात आली असून ही सेवा खरेदी करण्‍यात यशस्‍वी ठरलेल्‍या कंपनीला 1 सप्‍टेंबरपासून थ्री जी सेवा सुरू करण्‍यासाठी परवानगी मिळणार आहे.

Huge response to 3G auction

NEW DELHI

The biggest government auction ever started on Friday and it’s one that will change the lives of millions of people with mobile phones. The auction is for the high technology 3G systems. High-end applications and high speed internet on mobile phones will soon be a reality.

With participation of majors, like Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications, the government saw 12 per cent higher bids at Rs 3,913.81 crore than the base price. There are nine mobile operators in the fray. For offering 3G services, the government is auctioning three slots in 17 telecom service areas and four in the remaining five areas.
The winners will be known in the next couple of days and third generation mobile services will be launched by September this year.

Starting at the base of Rs 3,500 crore, nine major participants raised the bids. According to information posted on DoT website, five rounds of auction were completed on day one.

Delhi circle, for which the reserve price is set at Rs 320 crore, generated the maximum interest from bidders with the winning prices at the end of round five being Rs 373.29 crore. Mumbai and Maharashtra were a close second at Rs 362.66 crore each. Nine circles saw negative demands. The quotes are provisional. Category A circles like Gujarat, AP, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu also saw aggressive bidding on par with top metros at Rs of Rs 362.66 crore each.

Despite being a metro, the bid for Kolkata was among the lowest at Rs 135.99 crore, followed by Kerala at Rs 134.65 crore and Punjab at Rs 121.20 crore. When contacted, government officials said the auction process may go on for 10-12 days looking at the response from the operators.

Asked whether there was any glitch in conducting the auction, they said the process was extremely smooth. According to Sanjay Bhandarkar, NM Rothschild (India) head, the bidding process would stop only when the highest bids have been detected for all the circles simultaneously. The auction for the Broadband Wireless Acces spectrum would be conducted two days after closing the 3G auction.

3G technology allows data download at extremely high speeds enabling users to view movies, news and even cricket on their mobile phones.