Telecom
Government announces one-man probe into spectrum scam
09 Dec 2010
Telecom minister Kapil Sibal said a retired SC judge would look into various procedures followed in issuing licences during the 2001-09 period
2G scam: Tata slams Chandrashekar; backs probe from 2001
09 Dec 2010
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata supports the Supreme Court's call for the probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam to be extended back to 2001
TRAI recommends Rs60,000-crore network for national broadband roll-out
08 Dec 2010
The National Broadband Plan envisages provision of 75 million broadband connections by 2012 and 160 million broadband connections by 2014.
Raids on Raja fail to mollify opposition
08 Dec 2010
Probe NDA role in 2G scam as well, suggests SC
08 Dec 2010
The court’s observations are significant as Raja and those defending him have consistently claimed that he followed the policies of his predecessors in the NDA coalition
CBI raids Raja's residences
08 Dec 2010
Raids were also carried out at the residences of former telecom secretary Siddarth Behura, Chandolia, member of the telecom commission K Sridhar and deputy director general in the Department of Telecommunications A K Srivastava
30% mobiles idle; new telcos have least active subscribers
07 Dec 2010
This is the first time the telecoms regulator has released the percentage of active customers on operator networks.
Lava Mobiles launches touchscreen model A10
06 Dec 2010
CBI grills ex-TRAI official; Raja may be next
04 Dec 2010
The move to question Raja is now likely after the CBI has transcribed nearly 6,000 telephone calls involving corporate lobbyist Nira Radia, Raja and others
Jairam Ramesh, Azad on Congress ‘media panel’
04 Dec 2010
Telecom security: Nokia installs servers in India
03 Dec 2010
In a significant move cell phone manufacturer Nokia announced installation of servers in India which would allow security agencies to intercept email and messenger services provided by it.
SC slams Raja for undermining PM's authority
02 Dec 2010
The court held the view that Raja overlooked both the prime minister and the law ministry to rush with the allocation of 2G spectrum to the chosen few
2G case: Govt deposits Radia tapes with SC
02 Dec 2010
CAG’s loss figure speculative, Raja tells SC
02 Dec 2010
Former telecom minister A Raja has told the Supreme Court that the CAG's estimate of revenue losses were speculative
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