F. No.

P-11014/13/2008-PP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Telecommunications
Dated: 21st May, 2010

The Government has approved the results of the 3G Auction.

The e-auction was conducted over 34 days (from 9th April, 2010 to 19th May, 2010) and
involved 183 rounds of bidding across service areas. All the 71 blocks that were put up
for auction across the 22 service areas in the country were sold, leaving no unsold lots.
The results of the Auction are appended.
Separate instructions are being issued to the Successful Bidders on the payment
mechanism and further steps.

F. No. P-11014/13/2008-PP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Telecommunications

3G Auction - Final Results

Service Area

Winning Price Successful Bidder

(Rs crore)

Frequency *
(in MHz)

Delhi

3,316.93 Vodafone Essar Limited

3,316.93 Bharti Airtel Limited
3,316.93 Reliance Telecom Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Mumbai

3,247.07 Reliance Telecom Limited

3,247.07 Vodafone Essar Limited
3,247.07 Bharti Airtel Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Maharashtra

1,257.82 Tata Teleservices Limited

1,257.82 Idea Cellular Limited
1,257.82 Vodafone Essar Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Gujarat

1,076.06 Tata Teleservices Limited

1,076.06 Vodafone Essar Limited
1,076.06 Idea Cellular Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Andhra Pradesh

1,373.14 Bharti Airtel Limited

1,373.14 Idea Cellular Limited
1,373.14 Aircel Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Karnataka

1,579.91 Tata Teleservices Limited

1,579.91 Aircel Limited
1,579.91 Bharti Airtel Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Tamil Nadu

1,464.94 Bharti Airtel Limited

1,464.94 Vodafone Essar Limited
1,464.94 Aircel Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Kolkata

544.26 Vodafone Essar Limited

544.26 Aircel Limited
544.26 Reliance Telecom Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Kerala

312.48 Idea Cellular Limited

312.48 Tata Teleservices Limited
312.48 Aircel Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Punjab

322.01
322.01
322.01
322.01

Idea Cellular Limited

Reliance Telecom Limited
Tata Teleservices Limited
Aircel Limited

1959-1964
1964-1969
1969-1974
1974-1979

Haryana

222.58 Idea Cellular Limited

222.58 Tata Teleservices Limited
222.58 Vodafone Essar Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Uttar Pradesh (E)

364.57 Aircel Limited

364.57 Idea Cellular Limited
364.57 Vodafone Essar Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Uttar Pradesh (W)

514.04 Bharti Airtel Limited

514.04 Idea Cellular Limited
514.04 Tata Teleservices Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Rajasthan

321.03 Reliance Telecom Limited

321.03 Bharti Airtel Limited
321.03 Tata Teleservices Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

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F. No. P-11014/13/2008-PP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Telecommunications

3G Auction - Final Results

Service Area

Winning Price Successful Bidder

(Rs crore)

Frequency *
(in MHz)

Madhya Pradesh

258.36 Idea Cellular Limited

258.36 Reliance Telecom Limited
258.36 Tata Teleservices Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

West Bengal

123.63
123.63
123.63
123.63

Bharti Airtel Limited

Reliance Telecom Limited
Vodafone Essar Limited
Aircel Limited

1959-1964
1964-1969
1969-1974
1974-1979

37.23
37.23
37.23
37.23

Bharti Airtel Limited

S Tel Private Limited
Idea Cellular Limited
Reliance Telecom Limited

1959-1964
1964-1969
1969-1974
1974-1979

203.46
203.46
203.46
203.46

S Tel Private Limited

Bharti Airtel Limited
Reliance Telecom Limited
Aircel Limited

1959-1964
1964-1969
1969-1974
1974-1979

Orissa

96.98 S Tel Private Limited

96.98 Aircel Limited
96.98 Reliance Telecom Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Assam

41.48 Reliance Telecom Limited

41.48 Bharti Airtel Limited
41.48 Aircel Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

North East

42.30 Aircel Limited

42.30 Bharti Airtel Limited
42.30 Reliance Telecom Limited

1959-1964
1969-1974
1974-1979

Jammu & Kashmir

30.30
30.30
30.30
30.30

1959-1964
1964-1969
1969-1974
1974-1979

Himachal Pradesh

Bihar

Idea Cellular Limited

Aircel Limited
Reliance Telecom Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited

* Note: The above frequencies are Uplink frequencies.

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