Tata Docomo is the first private sector telecom provider for 3G services in India after Bsnl. Tata Docomo started its 3G services on November 5 of 2010 in all around nine states of India.Bharti Airtel will be the second one to launch its 3G services in India by the end of 2010 with contracts for network awarded to Ericsson India.
The managing director of Vodafone Essar Marten Pieters recently announced that Vodafone will soon launch its 3G services in India by the first quarter of 2011. He also added that the overall expenditure on the third generation services will be around $500 million.
Pieters revealed that NSN and Ericsson would be its suppliers for 3G equipments. The huge telecom company also signed a contract for 3 years of $500 million with Sweden's Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks. Vodafone Essar paid around $2.6 billion in the bidding by trailing all the competitors. As per the agreement three most populated places will be handled by Ericsson while the other six will be managed by NSN. The agreement features that RAN system, core platform, training services, rollout services will be handled by Ericsson.
The managing director also added that the start for the 3G services will be at low level but later on they will reach the aimed goals. As Vodafone Essar in India holds around 116 million 2G customers chasing the Airtel and Reliance India Mobile.In an auction in 2010 Vodafone Essar won 3G radio airwaves.
