ON August 18, 1993, in the Conference Hall of New
Delhi’s Sanchar Bhawan, which housed the telecom ministry, the bids were opened
for the first time to launch mobile services in four metros—Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
and Chennai. There were 14 companies in the fray, and eight, or two in each
city with each one to get only one city, could grab the licences. The first 13
bids were along expected lines, some quoted high and some low. The last one
that was opened was submitted by notorious businessman, C Sivasankaran.
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