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The Union Cabinet approved the auction on 15 June, allowing non-telecom service providers to bid for spectrum to set up 5G networks. The bidders inclued the three major mobile operators in India: Reliance Jio, the market leader, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. The fourth contendor is Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, whose interests until now have been in largely in infrastructure.
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