Essar Spacetel, an Essar Group company, has reportedly applied for a unified telecom licence to provide GSM services in seven new circles: Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Northeast, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The objective of this move, which has been made independent of Hutchison Max Telecom Limited (HMTL) under which Hutchison and Essar recently consolidated their telecom businesses, is to ensure that the Essar Group can independently continue its telecom investments. The Essar Group will not compete with HMTL and will operate in different circles.
