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Full Name : Debayan Ghatak
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Registration date : 2008-12-03
 |  Subject: BSNL to start 3G services in Chennai next month  Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:27 am | |
| 31 Dec 2008, 1937 hrs IST, PTI
NEW DELHI: State-run telecom operator BSNL on Wednesday said that it plans to start next generation (3G) mobile services in Chennai and other
circles next month.
"We plan to roll-out 3G services by next month," BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal told reporters here. The services are likely to be started from Chennai and other circles.
While announcing the 3G policy, Communication and IT Minister A Raja had given an advantage to telecom PSUs - BSNL and MTNL - of allocating 3G spectrum ahead of others with a condition that both will pay the price equivalent to the highest bid.
This was done keeping in mind the cumbersome process to procure equipment by the PSUs vis-a-vis by the private players.
The government has deferred the 3G spectrum auction to January 30, delaying it by 15 days. As per the new revised timeline, the state-run operators might get lead lead over the private operators. | |
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