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Bharti Airtel, the Indian telecom operator with the largest subscriber base, has announced the rolling out of its 3G mobile telephony by October 2010.
"If everything goes well on time with regard to spectrum auction, by February or March we should receive spectrum allocation," Bharti Airtel chief executive Manoj Kohli told the media during a telecom conference in New Delhi.
"By next Diwali (2010), we will commercially launch 3G services in India," he added.
The base price for 3G radio waves had been brought down by the central government from Rs. 4,040 crore to Rs.3,500 crore last week.
The central government had also revealed about 90 days will be required to complete the auctioning related to the distribution of the 3G and WiMax spectrum, from which it expects to earn Rs.25,000 crore.
