Andhracafe.com- As a way of providing quality service, the department of telecommunications (DoT) plans for the release of 3G spectrum for five of its eight pan-Indian mobile telecom operators by the end of this year.

For this the defence ministry would vacate 25 MHz by the end of December 2006, and  another 35 MHz by 2007-end.  The defence ministry is now using most of the 3G spectrum bands for its own equipment.

The main mobile operators include Bharti, Hutchison-Essar, Idea Cellular, BSNL, Reliance Communications, Tatas, Spice Telecom, and Aircel-Maxis. However during the next year the spectrum would be available for all the exising telecos.
 
3G mobile services permit high-speed internet access using different wavelengths, and allow  operators to offer mobile broadband services like video-and audio-streaming, among other things.A spectrum of 5 Mhz is enough to support over 3-4 million 3G customers per operator, with heavy data applications.