Thursday, February 13, 2014

MOBILE CALL RATES MAY BE INCREASED IN INDIA



Mobile Call rates in India are among the cheapest in the world and the call rates or tariffs in India are set to rise after telecom operators bid aggressively to win airwaves in the just concluded spectrum auction. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea last year raised voice prices for the first time in three years. Mobile companies have also been cutting discounts previously offered to lure customers in a highly-competitive market.
The 2G spectrum auction concluded on Thursday after 68 rounds of bidding. Apart from the telecom operators that bagged rights to spectrum, the government also emerged a big winner as the auction will bring in higher-than-expected revenues.
The government will get Rs. 61,162 crore from the spectrum auction.
The telecom department had put on the block about 385 MHz of radio waves in the 1800 MHz band in 22 circles and 46 MHz in the 900 MHz band in 3 circles.
Winners in 900 MHz band
Area
Band (MHz)
Reserve Price/block
(in Rs. crore)
Winning Bid
(in Rs. crore)
Winners
Delhi
 900
360
740.96
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular
Kolkata
900
125
194.63
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone
Mumbai
900
328
563.09
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone
Winners in 1800 MHz band
The Reliance Jio bagged 1800 MHz band in 14 circles out of 22 on offer. This will help the company to not only offer data but also voice services in these regions. Reliance Jio had earlier won the rights to offer 4G broadband services across the country.
Area
Band (MHz)
Reserve Price/block
(in Rs. crore)
Winning Bid
(in Rs. crore)
Winners
Andhra Pradesh
1800
32.6
32.60
Bharti Airtel, Idea, Reliance Jio, Telewings Communications, Vodafone India
Assam
1800
1.4
7.22
Reliance Jio, Telewings Communications
Bihar
1800
7.4
8.62
Telewings Communications
Delhi
1800
43.8
72.80
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular
Gujarat
1800
28.5
47.56
Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Idea
Haryana
1800
5.4
5.40
Idea, Vodafone
Himachal Pradesh
1800
1.2
1.20
Bharti Airtel
Jammu & Kashmir
1800
1
1.22
Aircel, Bharti Airtel
Karnataka
1800
31
31.00
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance Jio
Kerala
1800
10.4
10.40
Idea, Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio
Kolkata
1800
14.6
14.60
Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio
Madhya Pradesh
1800
8.6
10.08
Idea, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel
Maharashtra
1800
34.6
58.07
Reliance Jio, Idea
Mumbai
1800
41.4
54.40
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance Communications
North East
1800
1.4
1.40
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Idea, Aircel
Orissa
1800
3.2
3.20
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio
Punjab
1800
10.8
10.80
Bharti Airtel, Idea, Vodafone
Rajasthan
1800
5.2
5.20
Bharti Airtel, Aircel, Vodafone
Tamil Nadu
1800
41.6
41.60
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel
Uttar Pradesh (East)
1800
12.2
12.80
Vodafone, Telewings Communications, Aircel
Uttar Pradesh (West)
1800
12.4
18.99
Telewings Communications
West Bengal
1800
4.2
4.92
Reliance Jio, Aircel, Bharti Airtel

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