3G spectrum winners for Andhra circle

 Bharti Airtel, Aircel and Idea won licenses for 3G spectrum in Andhra Pradesh circle. They need to pay 1,373 crore each. Reliance Communications, Tata Docomo and Vodafone failed to win license in Andhra circle. Big setback for both companies. They may lose high end data hungry consumers which may show severe effect on ARPUs. BSNL is already providing 3G licenses in Andhra Pradesh. No telecom company won pan-India license. Mobile number portability will come into effect from July 1st.  … [Read more...]