Unified licence: Entry barriers for Internet firms to be lowered

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in a note to the Department of Telecommunications has said that cartelisation by telecom firms in the last two auctions had resulted in spectrum valued at thousands of crores being wasted. The CAG has also accused the ...

BSNL is opposed to Bharti Airtel's plea against the order of the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) asking the private firm to stop providing 3G services by entering into intra-circle roaming (ICR) pacts with other telecom companies.

Norwegian telecom firm Telenor might find itself in fresh trouble, as an audit by the department of telecommunications (DoT) has questioned a government decision to adjust the company's entry fee against the money paid by its former partner, ...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is working on a proposal to disallow crossholding by one telecom firm in a competing one in the same circle. Under the current rules, a promoter in a telco can acquire up to 9.9 per cent stake in another in ...

New Delhi: The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is planning to approach the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the "next few days" asking it to cancel 19 licences awarded to Tata Teleservices (TTSL) over 5 years ago. GSM ...

Telecom Lead India: Bharti Airtel may be inflating its telecom user figures, according to an audit by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The report says DoT had to ensure all telecom operators strictly adhered to the license agreement ...

(UNI) The Delhi High Court issued notice to the Centre on petitions filed by major Telecom companies against the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) order saying it will not extend their 2G licences beyond November 2014 on the existing terms.

(Times of India Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The telecom department has told the panel of ministers tasked with finding solutions to revitalize state-owned telcos BSNL and MTNL, that the spectrum auction rules of 2010, which state that companies will ...

(Times of India Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has slammed the telecom department yet again over the latter's failure to meet timelines in building an alternate communication network for the armed forces. In an April 15 ...