Hutchison Essar Awarded More Indian Licenses

Hutchison Telecommunications has announced that its Indian subsidiary Hutchison Essar, has received Letters of Intent from Department of Telecommunications ('DOT') for licences in the six licence areas of North East, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, and Jammu and Kashmir. A Letter of Intent from the DOT is its offer to issue a licence upon the applicant's acceptance and payment of the relevant fees.

Hutchison Essar expects to launch in these licence areas during 2007.

Hutchison Essar Limited, under the brand name Hutch, operates in 16 licence areas in India and has about 20.4 million subscribers as of 30 September 2006. Over the years, it has been named the 'Best Mobile Service in the country' and the 'Most Creative and Most Effective Advertiser of the Year'. This year Business World magazine recognised Hutchison Essar as the "Most Respected Telecom Company of the Year"."

Posted to the site on 21st November 2006