After a decision from the Supreme Court, Telecom operator Uninor has closed its Mumbai operations from midnight on Saturday. The decision has came in effect following the SC order in which it was directed to all the operators who did not win spectrum in the previous auctions should close down services immediately.
The cancellation of licences has affected 1.8 million customers in Mumbai as of December, 2012.
However due to he sudden closing of the network, consumers were forced to face troubles. Consumers wanted to be informed in advanced from the company regarding the step.
It is noted that Telenor is the majority stakeholder of the Uninor. Telenor won rights to airwaves in six of those zones in an auction in November and has said it might decide to bid for spectrum in Mumbai zone in an auction due in March.
Telenor's permits in 22 zones were among those ordered to be revoked by India's Supreme Court last year after a massive scandal over the grant of cellular licences in a 2008 sale.
(With inputs from ANI)
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