Pan-India BWA bid at Rs 12,257 cr, govt rev at Rs 36,772 cr

Delhi and Mumbai circles at Rs 2,101.02 crore and Rs 2,152.95 crore

PTI | June 10, 2010



The pan-India bid license for Broadband Wireless Access spectrum touched Rs 12,257 crore today, after two weeks of auction, which translates into a revenue of Rs 36,772 crore for the government from the sale of three slots.

At this bid price, the total revenue for the government from the 3G and BWA auctions will amount to Rs 1.12 lakh crore. The reserve price for the BWA all-India licence was fixed at Rs 1,750 crore. The government got Rs 67,719 crore from the sale of 3G spectrum.

Among the individual circles, bids for Delhi and Mumbai were at Rs 2,101.02 crore and Rs 2,152.95 crore respectively.

Tamil Nadu garnered a bid of Rs 1,931.06 crore, while the Karnataka bid touched Rs 1,527.98 crore.

Except Delhi, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Mumbai, all other circles saw either negative bidding or no bidding.

Today, eight rounds of auction were held.

The government is auctioning two slots of 20 MHz of pan- India BWA spectrum. BSNL and MTNL, which have already been given BWA spectrum ahead of private players, will have to pay the equivalent of the winning bid in each service area.

Earlier, the government had estimated a revenue of Rs 35,000 crore from the sale of both 3G and BWA radio waves.

As many as 11 companies are bidding for Broadband Wireless Access spectrum. Apart from Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Idea Cellular, Aircel, Vodafone and Tata Communications Internet Services, the BWA aspirants include four new players -- Augere, Tikona Wireless, Infotel Broadband Services and Qualcomm; and Spice Internet and Infotel.

BWA spectrum allows companies to offer high-speed Internet access as well as Internet telephony and TV services.

It can also be used for voice and high-speed data services.

 

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