With no operator bagging pan-India 3G spectrum, which enable services such as video calling, interactive gaming and highspeed internet on phones, all mobile phone companies are sewing up roaming agreements with each other to retain high-end users. The country\’s top two mobile firms, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications (RCOM), each won 13 of the 22 [...]

Tata Teleservices and Aircel have bagged Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited\’s (MTNL) 3G spectrum in Delhi and Mumbai metros. MTNL had set 1,400 crore as the base price per operator when inviting bids and it has also enabled services such as video calling and high-speed internet on phones. Aircel had won 3G airwaves in 13 circles [...]

Telecom minister A Raja on Wednesday expressed happiness over the successful completion of auction for 3G spectrum and said the government would earn revenues beyond what it had expected. The 3G auction, which got over on the 34th day today, assures the government of Rs 67,710 crore in revenue with the pan-India licence (sum of [...]