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Government`s draft Spectrum Act proposes market-based spectrum pricing

Sep 13, 2011 at 9:14 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

The outcry over the 2G spectrum scam has prompted the government to prepare a draft Spectrum Act, which could well become India`s first ever legislation to govern management, pricing and allocation of a scarce national resource.

Distinguishing between spectrum for commercial and non-commercial or strategic/public interest use, the draft states that for “spectrum for commercial use, the Commission shall follow fair, transparent, equitable, non-discriminatory market-based competitive assignment which may include (but not limited to) methods such as auction, tender, bidding”.

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TDSAT dismisses Idea Cellular plea challenging DoT show-cause notices

Sep 6, 2011 at 10:50 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

Telecom tribunal TDSAT has dismissed the petitions filed by Idea Cellular challenging the show-cause notices issued by the government on merger of Spice Communication with the Aditya Birla group firm.

The TDSAT rejected Idea Cellular`s plea after observing that it would be “improper” to pass any order as the Department of Telecom (DoT) is yet to pass the final order. The Telecom Disputes Settlement a! nd Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) also made it clear that after the DoT passes an order in  [read more →]

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DoT to invite bids for network rollout in Maoist areas like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Orissa

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The Department of Telecom (DoT) will shortly invite bids from all mobile phone companies to roll out networks across the country`s naxal-infested territories! to bring the multitude of left wing ultras in the cellular loop.

Phase I will target rollouts in districts identified by the home ministry in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Orissa, a senior telecoms department official told ET.

The government has accorded highest priority to extend mobile coverage across select districts in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Andhra  [read more →]

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Telecom minister Kapil Sibal decides to send notices to 74 telecom firms, overrules DoT`s view

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In a major departure from his ministry`s stand, telecom minister Kapil Sibal has decided to issue show-cause notices to 74 licensees that failed to meet roll-out obligations. While telecom regulator Trai and the Department of Telecom had locked horns on this issue with the latter disagreeing with former`s recommendations, Sibal has decided to overrule DoT`s view.

According to an internal DoT note dated August 31, a copy of which is with ET Now, Sibal has also sought legal opinion from the  [read more →]

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DoT readying notice to cancel Etisalat DB`s licenses

Aug 25, 2011 at 3:45 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

The Department of Telecom is readying show-cause notices to cancel 13 licenses issued to Etisalat DB (earlier Swan Telecom) for allegedly acting as a front company to Reliance Communications.

While both Etisalat DB and Reliance Communications have denied the link-up, the DoT`s licensing wing has prepared a draft notice, which is being vetted by its legal department before issuing it to the company.

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DoT officials said that the company will be given 60 days to respond to the show-cause after it  [read more →]

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BSNL, MTNL paid Rs 1,134 crore as rent in last 4 years

Aug 5, 2011 at 6:14 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

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The government on Wednesday said two state-run telecos BSNL and MTNL have collectively paid Rs 1,132.06 crore in the last four years as rent for the buildings they have hired for technical and administrative offices.

MTNL has paid a total of Rs 108.16 crore since 2008 and BSNL has paid Rs 1,023.9 crore during the same period, Minister ! of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora informed the Lok Sabha.

He also informed that the government has not received any dividend  [read more →]

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Urban India faces mobile glut

Aug 2, 2011 at 4:30 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

In Delhi, every person has two mobile connections on an average. In the hill state of Himachal Pradesh, everyone in an urban area has four mobile numbers on an average.

If you think mobile operators have a large potential market in urban India, you may be wrong, as everyone in urban India has, on an average, a mobile connection.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) says the wireless teledensity in urban India’s 21 circles is 150 per cent. In Himachal Pradesh  [read more →]

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TRAI set to bring R12,000 crore VAS market under regulation

Jul 26, 2011 at 4:50 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) looks all set to bring the R12,000 crore mobile value-added services (VAS) market under its regulation, a long-standing demand of VAS providers. The regulator has issued a consultation paper asking all stakeholders to give their views on a string of questions centered on regulating the VAS industry by August 12.

Basing the case for regulation on the disagreement between the telecom service providers and VAS providers over how to share the revenue, the regulator  [read more →]

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DoT may allow telecom spectrum sharing to overcome shortage

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 After dilly-dallying for a long time, the government is likely to allow sharing of spectrum among telecom operators, a move that would help overcome the shortage of spectrum that has affected the quality of mobile services badly.

This would also help smaller operators with fewer subscribers to earn revenues by way of sharing spectrum lying vacant with them.

A high-level team will hold a crucial meeting tomorrow to consider the proposal, which says, “For efficient utilization of spectrum, spectrum sharing among the  [read more →]

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DoT ask telecos to provide interception of 480 calls at one go

Jul 22, 2011 at 9:20 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

In a fresh notice to telecom operators, Department of Telecommunications has asked them to enhance their existing capacity and provide call interception faci! lities of at least 480 lines at any given time to security agencies.

“The licensee should ensure suitable redundancy in the complete chain of monitoring equipment for trouble free operations of monitoring 480 simultaneous calls as per requirement,” the DoT notice said.

The telecom department has asked telecom service providers to provide access to monitoring of mimimum of 30  [read more →]