telecom
EGom decides on roll-out obligations for telcos
A high powered ministerial panel headed by Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday decided to make it mandatory for telecom operators who will get spectrum through auction to roll-out services in 3
2G scam: Chacko rules out calling Vajpayee, to trim down list
With the JPC on 2G scam racing against time to complete its report by December, panel chief P.C. Chacko has started meeting members to trim down the list of witnesses even as he asserted that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will not be called despite suggestions.
2G probe: ED questions Raja for first time
The Enforcement Directorate has questioned former Telecom Minister A. Raja in connection with its money laundering probe in the 2G spectrum case.
This is the first time that the ED has questione
Raja responsible for 2G spectrum decisions: Behura to JPC
Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura on Tuesday sought to put the responsibility of major decisions taken ahead of granting 2G licences on A. Raja and said he had difference of opinion with the t
India mobile handset revenues drop 5% to Rs 31,215 crore
The Indian mobile handset market saw a drop of five per cent in revenues during 2011-12 to Rs 31,215 crore from Rs 33,031 crore a year ago, according to an annual survey.
The survey by the journal Vo
HC notice to CBI on Raja' s plea against charge-framing order
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought CBI's stand on former Telecommunication Minister A Raja's plea challenging the trial court's order on framing of charges against him in the 2G spectrum allocat
DoT seeks legal opinion on TDSAT's split verdict on 3G roaming
The Department of Telecom has sought legal opinion on whether to implement the split verdict of telecom tribunal TDSAT on validity of mobile phone operators offering 3G services beyond their licenc
Chidambaram may head EGoM on telecom
Home Minister P Chidambaram may head the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on the allocation of telecom spectrum, which was reconstituted on Friday after Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar decline
TDSAT split on 3G roaming row, no endgame in sight
A telecoms tribunal on Tuesday gave a split verdict on a petition by mobile phone operators seeking to overturn a government order that bans them from forming pacts to offer 3G services outside their
Tata Communications, QTel talk greater cooperation in Gulf
Senior officials from Tata Communications held top-level talks with Qatar Telecom officials to discuss cooperation on prospective projects, especially the Indian company's major global cable network p
