Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that 3G telephony spectrum will be auctioned soon.

"I am happy that auction of spectrum for 3G and broadband wireless services will be conducted shortly. In a reform initiative, the government has decided that this spectrum will be allocated at market determined prices rather than administered one," he said at a telecom conference here.

3G Auction has been getting delayed from time to time, when there was a news about 3G services being launch in India, it was said that Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will be implied after 3G Auctions.

Earlier this year, it was said that 3G Auction will be done next year, now that PM has said about it, it seems that now it will finally be done.

Currently only MTNL is providing 3G services to their subscribers.

We hope to see some more competition in the market after they being offered by every Telecom service provider.