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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