Indian Govt. nets Rs. 38,300 crore from BWA auction

The Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) auction has finally come to an end where the Indian government is expected to fetch a whopping Rs. 38,300 crore. This of course, is less than what government earned from the 3G auction but it’s definitely more than what the government had projected.

The combined revenue from both 3G and BWA auction reached around 1.06 lakh crore, three times more than what govt. was expecting.

The BWA provisional results are as follows:

Delhi – Infotel, Qualcomm
Mumbai – Infotel, Qualcomm
Maharashtra – Infotel, Bharti
Gujarat – Infotel, Tikona
Andhra Pradesh – Aircel, Infotel
Karnataka – Infotel Bharti
Tamil Nadu – Aircel, Infotel
Kolkata – Infotel, Bharti
Kerala – Infotel, Qualcomm
Punjab – Bharti, Infotel
Haryana – Infotel, Qualcomm
Uttar Pradesh (E) – Tikona, Infotel
Uttar Pradesh (W) – Tikona, Infotel
Rajasthan – Tikona, Infotel
Madhya Pradesh – Augere, Infotel
West Bengal – Infotel, Aircel
Himachal Pradesh – Infotel, Tikona
Bihar – Infotel, Aircel
Orissa – Infotel, Aircel
Assam – Infotel, Aircel
North East – Infotel, Aircel
Jammu & Kashmir – Infotel, Aircel

[Via ET]

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