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NTT DoCoMo to exit telecom JV with Tata Group
Apr 25, 2014, 07:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: Japanese telecom firm NTT DoCoMo Inc on Friday said it will exit its loss-making mobile phone joint venture with Tata Group by selling its 26 percent stake. Japan's largest wireless carrier by subscribers wants
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Nokia plant uncertainty may hit India telecom exports by 40%
Apr 22, 2014, 09:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's telecom exports may drop by about 40 per cent if uncertainty about Nokia's plant near Chennai continues and production is affected, the Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council said. “This year,
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CAG can audit telecom operators: SC
Apr 17, 2014, 11:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said the national auditor CAG can audit telecom operators.An apex court bench headed by Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan upheld a Delhi High Court order to this effect that the Comptroller
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Telecom firms see opening of Pandora's box with SC order
Apr 17, 2014, 10:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court order Thursday that the national auditor CAG can audit telecom operators could open a Pandora's box and lead to similar demand in other industries, unhappy service providers said.“Yes, whatever judgment
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US faces trade barriers from India, China in telecom
Apr 05, 2014, 07:16 PM ISTWashington: The US is facing a number of trade barriers in the telecommunication sector from India and China, a top Obama administration official said.“Barriers to trade in telecommunications-related goods and services disproportionately affect US suppliers,
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Telecom stocks gain up to 6% on Trai proposal
Sep 10, 2013, 05:12 PM ISTMUMBAI: Telecom stocks on Tuesday rose by as much as 6 per cent after telecom regulator Trai recommended a sharp 60 per cent cut in the floor price of mobile phone spectrum for an upcoming
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TRAI recommends flat spectrum usage charge, proposes spectrum trading
Sep 09, 2013, 04:32 PM ISTNEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended flat spectrum usage charges. It has also proposed spectrum trading.TRAI has recommended a 67 per cent cut in the reserve price for auction of telecom
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SC hauls up government, four telecom service providers
India | Sep 03, 2013, 09:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped a cost of Rs.1 lakh each on the central government and four telecom service providers for failing to respond to an AUTSPI plea.The petition by the Association
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Telecom Security Directorate mooted by DoT
India | Aug 04, 2013, 08:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 4: In the wake of vulnerability of the telecom network at the hand of hackers, a proposal for setting up Telecom Security Directorate (TSD) has been mooted to ensure a coherent organisational
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SC rejects two telecom service providers' plea
India | Jul 01, 2013, 11:09 AM ISTNew Delhi, July 1: Supreme Court Monday rejected the plea by telecom service provider Essar tele holding and Loop telecom limited that they could not be proceeded against by the 2G special court into the
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Telecom tariffs are continuously monitored: TRAI
Jan 25, 2013, 12:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 25: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday said that the regulator's free-hand to telecom operators to fix call and other services charges should not be taken for granted and
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Sensationalism killed telecom sector; auction by March: Kapil Sibal
Nov 16, 2012, 06:07 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 16: Attributing "sensationalism" over the CAG's presumptive loss figure of Rs1.76 lakh crore for the "killing" of the telecom sector, government today said it plans to auction by March-end the circles that
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Licensing norms for new telecom companies by Friday
Sep 03, 2012, 09:34 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 3: Telecom Commission is expected to finalise by Friday the guidelines for licences that are to be issued to new players that win spectrum in the auction which is due in November.
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Fearing row, Pawar quits as telecom EGoM head
Jul 02, 2012, 10:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 2: Fearing attempts to drag him into controversies, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today recused himself from heading the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on telecom, three days after he replaced Pranab Mukherjee
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Telecom Tariff Hike Seems Unavoidable, Say Experts
Feb 03, 2012, 09:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 3: After the Supreme Court's cancelling 122 new telecom licences, India may see the end of low tariff regime that made call rates in the country among the lowest in the world,
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2G : Promoters Of Essar, Loop Did Not Appear Before Spl Court
Jan 27, 2012, 01:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 27 : The promoters of Essar group and Loop Telecom—Anshuman and Ravi Ruia and I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan respectively—today failed to appear before a Delhi court trying the 2G spectrum
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Sukhram Sentenced To Five Years Jail In 1996 Telecom Scam Case
India | Nov 19, 2011, 10:26 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 19: Former Telecom Minister Sukhram was today awarded five years imprisonment by a Delhi Court after being convicted of taking Rs three lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a
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Pranab On Telecom Licenses And Spectrum Issues
India | Sep 23, 2011, 06:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 22: Two weeks before a decision was taken to allot new 2G licenses in 2008, the then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the Department of Telecom(DoT) may “continue to follow the
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Raja Tries To Drag Shourie In 2G Scam
India | Jul 26, 2011, 10:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 26: Former Telecom Minister A Raja today sought to drag in the 2G spectrum scam Arun Shourie, who held the same portfolio in the NDA Government, by telling a court here that
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2G: Raja Says, CBI Supplied Incomplete Documents
India | Apr 23, 2011, 07:14 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 23: Former Telecom Minister A Raja and two corporate honchos, who have been chargesheeted in the 2G Spectrum allocation scam case, today complained to a Delhi court that documents supplied to them