this question I asked my self lots of time
Then thought why should I present my point of view I put in my blog
at present BSNL is pan India 3G service provider owned by government of India
private operators also providing 3G services but they are limited to some states
Government distributed 3G licenses to 3 pvt 1 govt per state
Aircel got 16 Airtel 14 Reliance 9 vodafone 9 stats out of 22