Telenor which participated in the November 2012 auction through new entity Telewings Communications and won spectrum in six circles said, “All Uninor customers from Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and other circles will continue to be able to use their Uninor phones in Mumbai
Private telecom services operator Uninor closed its Mumbai operations from midnight on Saturday following a Supreme Court order, which said all the operators who did not win spectrum in the previous auctions should close down services immediately.
The cancellation of licences has affected 1.8 million customers in Mumbai as of December 2012.
The court ordered that the cancellation of licenses should be effective immediately and no temporary license would be granted to the company.
Telenor is the majority stakeholder of the Uninor. Telenor won rights to airwaves in six of those zones in an auction in November and has said it might decide to bid for spectrum in Mumbai zone in an auction due in March.
Telenor’s permits in 22 zones were among those ordered to be revoked by India’s Supreme Court last year after a massive scandal over the grant of cellular licences in a 2008 sale.
However, Telenor which participated in November 2012 auction through new entity Telewings Communications and won spectrum in six circles, is now in process of transferring business of Uninor in Maharashtra and Goa, Gujarat, UP East, UP West, Bihar and Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh service areas, to Telewings Communications.
Uninor said its operations in these service areas “will continue as fresh spectrum for 20 years has already been secured.” Uninor will also sign roaming agreements with other operators to ensure that all Uninor customers get seamless connectivity when travelling to Mumbai. “All Uninor customers from Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and other circles will continue to be able to use their Uninor phones in Mumbai,” it said.
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