3G SCAM

Names of the group members

Harsha Godhwani

Dipti

Mamta Karira

Nisha Jain

Sangeeta V

Chandni Zaveri

Introduction

What is 3G ..??

3G- set of standards used for mobile devices

and mobile telecommunication services and

networks that comply with the International

Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-

2000) specifications by the International

Telecommunication Union.

Government’s Decision

Auction Process

Each of the auctions for 3g spectrum in India would

be separate.

Bidders have authentication -tokens and passwords.

The auctioneer Rothchild and Dotecon will announce

higher price.

Companies Participated Bharti Airtel

Aircel

Idea Cellular

Reliance Communications

S Tel

Tata Teleservices

Vodafone Essar

Results of AuctionTelecom Circle

BhartiAirtel

Vodafone Aircel Reliance comm(GSM)

Idea Cellular

Tata tele/TataDocomo

STel

Delhi Yes Yes No Yes No No NA

Mumbai Yes Yes No Yes No No NA

Kolkata No Yes Yes Yes No No NA

Chennai Yes Yes Yes No No No NA

Gujarat No Yes No No Yes Yes NA

Maharashtra & Goa

No Yes No No Yes Yes NA

THE SCAM

Collusive Bidding

Violation of Licenses

Roll out Obligations

Collusive Bidding

Strategic bidding by Vodafone, Bharati , Airtel and

Idea.

Out of 22 service areas, Vodafone has secured license

for 9, Airtel for 13 and Idea for 9.

Against the total license fee of Rs. 16,750.6 crore,

they saved saving thereby over Rs.20,000 crore.

Violation of License

After Bidding Scenario in front of Trial- they are now offering full blown-pan Indian services.

Companies pretending that they are using roaming arrangements.

But Roaming is defined as; “the ability for a cellular customer to automatically make and receive voice calls, send and receive data, or access other services when travelling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network, by means of using a visited network.”

So it clearly say; that It cannot be used to offer services in areas where the operator does not have a license or a network.

Roll Out Obligations

Roll out obligations for the telecom companies.

E.g. BSNL..

Government’s reaction

National Telecom policy -2012

Department of Telecom – DoT

TRAI – Telecom regulatory authority of India

Consequences

Loss to Exchequer

Damage to other parties.