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2G auction: Criticism over high prices has government seeking clarity
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed a 10-fold rise in the auction starting price over what carriers had paid when they got their 2G licenses in 2008. But today, the Telecom Commission, which is the highest decision-making body within the Telecom Ministry, sent back that proposal to TRAI for clarity on prices and other is...
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2G case: Review petitions filed by govt, telecom companies in Supreme Court today
The Supreme Court will today hear review petitions filed by the Centre and various telecom companies in the 2G judgements it delivered earlier this year. These review petitions will, however, not be heard in the open court as a convention, but will be decided in the chambers of Judges Justice GS Singhvi and Justice KS Radhakrishnan.
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2G: Cabinet meets today to finalise queries for Supreme Court
The Cabinet is expected to meet today to finalise details of seven questions that the government plans to ask the Supreme Court through a presidential reference on the issue of telecom licences in view of the court's verdict in the 2G scam case.
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2G verdict: Govt wants presidential reference on auction of resources
When the Supreme Court cancelled 122 licenses granted in 2008 for mobile network licenses and accompanying spectrum, the two judges who delivered the verdict said all national resources must be distributed only through an auction. The licenses revoked by Justices AK Ganguly and GS Singhvi had been allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis by then...
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PM's meet to consider whether to cancel pre-2008 2G licenses
The Prime Minister will meet with senior ministers tomorrow to review the rules that will apply for an auction of 2G spectrum. 122 licenses for mobile networks issued in 2008 were cancelled by the Supreme Court earlier this month because spectrum or air-waves had not been auctioned. That verdict caused spasms in corporate India, with several forei...
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2G verdict: This government is shameless, says BJP
The Supreme Court's decision to cancel 122 telecom licenses issued in 2008 by A Raja has shattered "the entire credibility of the decision-making process of this government," said the BJP today.
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Cancelled telecom licenses: Impact on consumers, economy
India is the world's second-largest telecom market in terms of subscribers - it has 900 million subscribers. So far, the telecom sector has been crowded with more than a dozen players. Call rates in India among the lowest in the world. Now that the Supreme Court has cancelled 122 licenses, we take quick look at the likely impact.
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2G auction: Criticism over high prices has government seeking clarity
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed a 10-fold rise in the auction starting price over what carriers had paid when they got their 2G licenses in 2008. But today, the Telecom Commission, which is the highest decision-making body within the Telecom Ministry, sent back that proposal to TRAI for clarity on prices and other is...
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2G case: Review petitions filed by govt, telecom companies in Supreme Court today
The Supreme Court will today hear review petitions filed by the Centre and various telecom companies in the 2G judgements it delivered earlier this year. These review petitions will, however, not be heard in the open court as a convention, but will be decided in the chambers of Judges Justice GS Singhvi and Justice KS Radhakrishnan.
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2G: Cabinet meets today to finalise queries for Supreme Court
The Cabinet is expected to meet today to finalise details of seven questions that the government plans to ask the Supreme Court through a presidential reference on the issue of telecom licences in view of the court's verdict in the 2G scam case.
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2G verdict: Govt wants presidential reference on auction of resources
When the Supreme Court cancelled 122 licenses granted in 2008 for mobile network licenses and accompanying spectrum, the two judges who delivered the verdict said all national resources must be distributed only through an auction. The licenses revoked by Justices AK Ganguly and GS Singhvi had been allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis by then...
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PM's meet to consider whether to cancel pre-2008 2G licenses
The Prime Minister will meet with senior ministers tomorrow to review the rules that will apply for an auction of 2G spectrum. 122 licenses for mobile networks issued in 2008 were cancelled by the Supreme Court earlier this month because spectrum or air-waves had not been auctioned. That verdict caused spasms in corporate India, with several forei...
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2G verdict: This government is shameless, says BJP
The Supreme Court's decision to cancel 122 telecom licenses issued in 2008 by A Raja has shattered "the entire credibility of the decision-making process of this government," said the BJP today.
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Cancelled telecom licenses: Impact on consumers, economy
India is the world's second-largest telecom market in terms of subscribers - it has 900 million subscribers. So far, the telecom sector has been crowded with more than a dozen players. Call rates in India among the lowest in the world. Now that the Supreme Court has cancelled 122 licenses, we take quick look at the likely impact.
