www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In the absence of a pan-India 3G license winner, private operators will have to approach state-owned telcos BSNL and MTNL for intra-circle roaming agreements in regions where they themselves failed to win 3G airwaves. An alliance with BSNL having 3G airwaves in all circles will now be explored by the private ones as it would be a single step solution as against stitching alliances with several firms across the country. Kuldeep Goyal, chairman and managing director of BSNL did not reveal the names of firms that have so far sought out intra-circle deals with BSNL but declared that the telco was open to sharing its passive infrastructure excluding spectrum that it had built for 3G services with private operators. The alliance will very much like intra-circle roaming for voice telephony. If Bharti Airtel wants to offer 3G services to its customers in Maharashtra, it can enter into an intra-circle roaming agreement with BSNL or any other telco that holds 3G airwaves for that region.