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2G auction results: Who won where

2G auction results: Who won where

The 2G spectrum auction concluded on Thursday after 68 rounds of bidding. Apart from the telecom operators that bagged rights to spectrum, the government also emerged a big winner as the auction will bring in higher-than-expected revenues.

The government will get Rs 61,162 crore from the spectrum auction, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said. This is much higher than the government's estimates of nearly Rs 41,000 crore.

The telecom department had put on the block about 385 MHz of radio waves in the 1800 MHz band in 22 circles and 46 MHz in the 900 MHz band in 3 circles.

Winners in 900 MHz band

Area Band (MHz) Reserve Price/block
(in Rs crore)
Winning Bid
(in Rs crore)
Winners
Delhi  900 360 740.96 Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular
Kolkata 900 125 194.63 Bharti Airtel, Vodafone
Mumbai 900 328 563.09 Bharti Airtel, Vodafone

Winners in 1800 MHz band

Mukesh Ambani-backed Reliance Jio bagged 1800 MHz band in 14 circles out of 22 on offer. This will help the company to not only offer data but also voice services in these regions. Reliance Jio had earlier won the rights to offer 4G broadband services across the country.

Area Band (MHz) Reserve Price/block
(in Rs crore)
Winning Bid
(in Rs crore)
Winners
Andhra Pradesh 1800 32.6 32.60 Bharti Airtel, Idea, Reliance Jio, Telewings Communications, Vodafone India
Assam 1800 1.4 7.22 Reliance Jio, Telewings Communications

Bihar

1800 7.4 8.62 Telewings Communications
Delhi 1800 43.8 72.80 Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular
Gujarat 1800 28.5 47.56 Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Idea
Haryana 1800 5.4 5.40 Idea, Vodafone
Himachal Pradesh 1800 1.2 1.20 Bharti Airtel
Jammu & Kashmir 1800 1 1.22 Aircel, Bharti Airtel
Karnataka 1800 31 31.00 Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance Jio
Kerala 1800 10.4 10.40 Idea, Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio
Kolkata 1800 14.6 14.60 Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio
Madhya Pradesh 1800 8.6 10.08 Idea, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel
Maharashtra 1800 34.6 58.07 Reliance Jio, Idea
Mumbai 1800 41.4 54.40 Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance Communications
North East 1800 1.4 1.40 Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Idea, Aircel
Orissa 1800 3.2 3.20 Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio
Punjab 1800 10.8 10.80 Bharti Airtel, Idea, Vodafone
Rajasthan 1800 5.2 5.20 Bharti Airtel, Aircel, Vodafone
Tamil Nadu 1800 41.6 41.60 Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel
Uttar Pradesh (East) 1800 12.2 12.80 Vodafone, Telewings Communications, Aircel
Uttar Pradesh (West) 1800 12.4 18.99 Telewings Communications
West Bengal 1800 4.2 4.92 Reliance Jio, Aircel, Bharti Airtel

(All the data is based on provisional auction results released by the Department of Telecom)