The much awaited auction for 3G mobile license are finally over with Rcom, Bharti & Aircel bagging 13 circles each and leaving the government with 67,710 crore.

Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd., India’s largest television media company has been constantly following the 3G scenario in India, organizing the 3G India Forum since 2007 with the idea of getting the entire telecom committee in one place to discuss and deliberate the onset of 3G in India.

Against the back drop of the auctions culminating and after the Mega success of the 1st & 2nd 3G forums in 2007 and 2008 respectively, Network 18 is proud to announce the biggest edition of the 3G forum, the third in its series, to be held in August 2010 in New Delhi.

This year, not only the forum will be at a much greater magnitude than the previous years, but also, it is expected to bring in over 300 senior decision makers from the telecom Industry, including Government Representatives, Operators, Handset manufacturers, VAS players, technology vendors, analysts and definitely the Media. The forum will comprise of four high end panel discussions wherein the bigwigs from the telecom industry would discuss, debate and deliberate on issues, solutions, strategies, etc relating to 3G in India. The event will be extensively covered and promoted across all media platforms and will have exclusive ½ hour event coverage on our business channel CNBC TV18.

The emphasis of the forum would be on high speed mobile internet and wireless broadband technology in order to attract and retain high end customer base while at the same time, contributing significantly to the ARPU improvement.

The success of 3G in India will depend on the ability of Telco and other value chain participants to effectively address multiple factors such as the utility of service for end users, the total cost of ownership, network capacity, planning & optimization, maturity of the content and application developer ecosystem and optimal positioning of these services for different consumer segments.

The 3G India Forum 2010 would witness key stake holders (telecom operators) from across the country, present their business plans, future applications, and promotion strategies to facilitate the initial phase of 3G launch in India.

The forum would put forth a platform to understand what service will provide the most value to the user and estimate the technical issues that need to be resolved so as to ensure the success of 3G strategies in India.

So gear up and get set to witness one of the biggest 3G congregations in India, the 3G India Forum.