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India's next telecom battle could be fought on highways, with connected carsIndia's telecom wars have traditionally revolved around spectrum, towers and tariffs. But a new consultation paper by TRAI on Vehicle-to-Ev...
Northeast’s rise under PM Modi is one of India’s biggest success stories: Sarbananda SonowalThe Northeast region of India has transformed into a major economic growth hub; significant investments in infrastructure, digital connecti...
From queues to QR codes: A state in India may have found the fix for India’s fertiliser distribution woesWhile the Madhya Pradesh government projects it as a major reform to streamline fertiliser distribution, industry stakeholders say it’s sti...
Trai begins exploring spectrum allocation, pricing norms for wireless communication from vehiclesIndia's telecom regulator TRAI is exploring spectrum rules for vehicle communication. This move paves the way for autonomous cars. The Depa...
Budget set to boost schemes linked to SCs, STs, senior citizensThe thrust is likely to be on infrastructure creation in SC and ST-dominated districts, they said, with enhanced allocation for constructio...
Defence ministry reluctant on airwaves for commercial cordless useAt present, 300 MHz or units of airwaves between the 1700 MHz and 2000 MHz bands are equally shared between the DoT and the armed forces.
- Telecom Ministry approves NFAP-2011 for better spectrum management
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has given in-principle approval to draft National Frequency Allocation Plan-2011, which would help in efficien...
- Rs 43,523 cr loss due to migration policy: DoT tells JPC
The Department of Telecom on Thursday pegged at over Rs 43,500 crore losses incurred by the national exchequer.
- 2G: Joshi Panel summons Vahanvati and CBI Chief
Attorney-General G Vahanvati, CBI director AP Singh and law secretary DR Meena are expected to depose before the Public Accounts Committee,...
- 2G scam: PAC summons cabinet secretary, PM's principal secretary
Stepping up pace of inquiry into 2G telecom scam, the PAC has summoned cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar and principal secretary to the P...
- 2G scam: Chandolia forced DoT into favouring Swan
R K Chandolia, one of the main conspirators of the 2G scam, felt powerful being a close aide of A Raja. He often threatened several senior ...
- Post-scam, a spectrum regulator?
A positive outcome of the 2G spectrum scam is the likely establishment of an independent Authority for Spectrum Regulation and Allocation.
- PAC seeks DoT response on 40 questions on 2G spectrum scam
The Public Accounts Committee has sent a questionnaire to the telecom ministry on 2G spectrum allocation scam and other developments in the...
- Telecom policy sound; fault lies in its implementation, says PM
A combative Manmohan Singh defended the UPA govt’s telecom policy and countered the Opposition’s charge that the finance ministry and telec...
- 2G scam: No auction, hence no basis to calculate loss, says PM
Manmohan Singh seemed unwilling to contradict Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal's claim that there was "zero loss" from the allocation of 2G spe...
- Raja should have heeded PM’s views, says SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it was improper for then telecom minister A Raja to bypass the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s res...
- I-T dept begins probing companies which got 2G license
IT department has begun probe into charges of alleged bribing and possession of disproportionate assets against Telecom Ministry officials.
- I-T dept begins probing companies which got 2G license
The department has also begun an investigation into the tax returns of all the telecom operators who were granted 2G spectrum licenses.
- 2G allocation was to up teledensity, not maximise revenue, says DoT
THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has told the Supreme Court that the telecom ministry’s decision on 2G spectrum allocation was ta...
- Come clean on spectrum allocation, CVC tells DoT
In a development that could further deplete the political capital of the UPA government, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has told th...