Vodafone,Airtel and Idea to Jointly offer 3G on more areas

3G to be available in more
number of Cities and Towns
Vodafone, Idea Cellular, and
Bharti Airtel have decided to
complement their nationwide
presence by using each other's
networks, through inter and
intra-circle circle roaming
agreements, to provide for
seamless low cost pan-India 3G
services to their customers.
The deal will allow 3G users of
any of these three companies to
connect to the others 3G
network in areas where the
user's mobile operator doesn’t
provide those services. The
reported sharing arrangements
are as follows:
Idea has entered an agreement
with Vodafone to introduce 3G
services in Delhi and Kolkata
circles and it will also collaborate
with Airtel to provide 3G services
in Karnataka.
Vodafone has partnered with
Idea to provide 3G services in
Kerala and Andhra Pradesh and it
plans to introduce these services
in UP (West) through Airtel's
network.
Airtel has partnered up with Idea
to share the latters 3G network
in Gujarat.
Out of a total of 22 telecom
circles in India, the breakdown of
circle ownership is as follows:
Bharti Airtel has licenses for the
following 13 circles: Delhi,
Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh (W), Rajasthan, West
Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar,
Assam, North East, Jammu &
Kashmir.
Idea Cellular has licenses for the
following 11 circles: Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala,
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
(E), Uttar Pradesh (W), Madhya
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir.
Vodafone Essar has licenses for
the following 9 circles: Delhi,
Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Tamil Nadu, Calcutta, Haryana,
Uttar Pradesh (E), West Bengal.
No details have yet been
provided on the revenue sharing
mechanism among these
operators.


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