• 3G is Getting Closer to You, SLOWLY

    3G is Getting Closer to You, SLOWLY

    Techtree News Staff, Jun 19, 2009 1648 hrs IST

    The spectrum auction should start by mid-August

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Your favorite telecom operator is officially a step closer from providing you with the much-awaited 3G service.

3G is a service that enables high speed internet, videos and many other value-added services on the mobile phone.

Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Telecom Minister A. Raja have reportedly sorted out their differences with regards to the 3G spectrum reserve price and have met the Prime Minister for the approval of the same.

That surely makes today a red-letter day in the Indian telecom history.

What does that mean anyway?

Well, if all goes hunky-dory, the spectrum auction will start by mid-August. This would be followed by contenders namely Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Communication, Tatas and a few other new private telecom operators to offer 3G services in the country along with MTNL and BSNL.    
    
Initially, six private operators, apart from state-owned MTNL and BSNL, would be allowed to offer 3G services.

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(7) Comments
neil paul
,haldia , west bengal, on Jun 20, 2009 12:00 AM
bsnl have launched 3g services in haldia (w.b) and the service is realy good . download speed 44-47kbps.
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WizZ
,Surat, on Jun 20, 2009 03:58 PM
thats not at all a decent speed .. very low for 3g standards
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subho
,kolkata, on Jun 21, 2009 11:57 AM
MAN THAT IS SO SLOW.3G SPEED SHOULD BE AT LEAST 100KBS PER SECOND.
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teknkov
,korslav, on Jun 20, 2009 03:48 PM
3g should have been implemented years back. countries are already planning there move to faster technologies. i dont understand why it keeps getting delayed.
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Gangadhar G. Ba
,Mumbai, on Jun 20, 2009 06:50 AM
Instead of worrying about 3G which will be a toy for the rich, we should worry about how to spread 1G to our far flung areas first. This obsession with income for the nation instead of expenditure for the nation creats doubts about the motive.
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Sharbeen Sarash
,Kannur, Kerala., on Jun 19, 2009 10:19 PM
ehhh what? Techtree? Seriously. 3G is over. its LTE, HSPA+. Not 3G. I repeat not 3G.
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richi
,vizag, on Jun 20, 2009 12:57 AM
s it true sharbeen its lte Hspa+
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