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Though 3G services are almost two years old in the country, the off take of this third generation mobile services has not been considerable. "The roll out of 3G networks in India is still in a nascent stage," minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in Lok Sabha.
The minister also informed the lower house that almost 80,000 BTSs of 3G services already installed in 5000 + cities and small towns in this period and the availability of data services to Indian consumers have improved considerably.
Deora said that 3G spectrum was auctioned in middle of the year 2011 and it takes 1-3 years for the operator to roll-out its network. But rollout of 3Gs services ensures that the high speed data services are made available to towns/pockets, which are out of reach of broad band services.