Sistema Shyam gets DoT notices for failing to roll out services

NEW DELHI: The telecom department has issued three show-cause notices to Sistema Shyam asking why its mobile permits in Kerala, Assam and West Bengal should not be cancelled for failing to roll out services. The telco has about 2.3 million customers in these circles.

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal had earlier said that the Centre will issue show-cause notices asking why mobile permits of 85 of the 122-telecom licensees, dished out by former communication minister A Raja in 2008, should not be cancelled for suppressing facts and using fictitious documents. Another set of notices were also slated to be issues to 119 licensees for failure to roll out services in time.

The DoT recently issued notices to Etisalat DB for cancellation of licence in Mumbai and Delhi circles and to Idea Cellular for Punjab circle on same grounds.