lördag 10 juli 2010

India 3G Spectrum auction

During may 2010, Indian government auctioned the 3G spectrum to operators for 11 billion dollars. The commercial launch  is expected to be in mid-2011.

According to Department of Telecommunications(DOT) release:
Paired spectrum of 3 blocks of 5MHZ  have been auctioned for 3G in 2.1 GHz range.

A closer look at what this means:
The total geographical area of india is divided into areas called circles and 3-4 operator have been alloted 5Mhz frequency block in each circle. Unlike GSM, All the mobiles belonging to one operator use the same frequency but, ditinguish each other by a scrambling code .

ITU(International Telecomunication Union) has earmarkedset of frequencies called Frequency bands to be used for 3G. One such frquency band is Band 1 operating in a frequency of 2.1 GHZ.

This "Band 1" is used for 3G  transmission in europe, Asia Australia and south ameraica. Frequecies surrounding  3G spectrum are reserved for maritime mobile in india.

Three operators have successfully bid Frequencies for TamilNadu circle:

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