Tata DOCOMO is all set to roll out 3G services, evident from Tata DOCOMO ad about 3G recently aired. You can check out the ad on Tata DOCOMO’s FB Page. According to it the 3G services will be rolled out by this Diwali.

NTT DOCOMO, stakeholder in Tata Teleservices, was the first mobile operator to launch 3G services on 1st October 2001. [Wikipedia]. With this announcement Tata DOCOMO becomes the  first among Private telecom operators to announce a time frame for 3G launch. Tata DOCOMO will launch 3G services in 9 telecom circles –  Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (West) and Madhya Pradesh.

There are rumours that Airtel will also launch 3G services soon. This rumour get base from the fact that Airtel’s 3G website went live recently [reported by our friends at FoneArena].

It will be interesting to see how other private telecom operators will respond to Tata DOCOMO’s this announcement.