New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued contempt notices against telecom company Idea Cellular and its chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla for allegedly disobeying its earlier order by providing 3G services to new customers in areas for which it did not have a licence.
Hearing a contempt of court plea filed by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Justice Rajiv Shakdher also issued notice to Himanshu Kapania, managing director of Idea; Akshya Moondra, chief financial officer; and P. Lakshminarayana and Pankaj Kapdeo, company secretaries of the telecom service provider.
The court sought their responses within four weeks and posted the matter for hearing Aug 5.
The DoT moved the court seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against the telecom firm and its office bearers for deliberate disobedience of a judicial order passed April 12 by which the company was restrained from providing 3G services to its new customers in circles where it did not have the requisite licences....
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05:44 PM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued contempt notices against telecom major Idea Cellular Ltd (ICL) and its chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla for allegedly disobeying its earlier order by providing 3G services to new customers in circles where it lacks the requisite licences. Justice Rajiv Shakdhar asked the telecom company and five others including Birla to file their responses within four weeks and posted the matter for further...
03:15 PM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: In a breather for Vodafone and Idea Cellular, the Delhi High Court on Friday restrained the Centre from taking any "coercive steps" against the telecom majors which have been asked to pay penalty of Rs 550 crore and Rs 300 crore respectively for providing 3G services outside their circles without requisite licences. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, referring to a Supreme Court order on a plea of Bharti Cellular Ltd...
12:42 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: Vodafone on Tuesday slashed 3G tariffs by up to 80 per cent, becoming the fourth telecom service provider to reduce rates after Bharti Airtel, Idea Celluar and Reliance communication. Vodafone 3G plans now start from Rs 25 for 25 MB data usage and go up to Rs 1,599 for 12 GB data usage. Under the pay-as-you-go for pre-paid customers, the rate has been cut by 80 per cent...
05:32 PM, Jun 19, 2012
New Delhi: With the view to boost the growth of 3G services, Indian mobile phone carrier Idea Cellular Ltd has launched two smartphones - id 280 and blade - that run Google Inc.'s Android operating system(OS). Priced at Rs 5,850, the id 280 is powered by Android 2.2 OS. It features a capacitive touchscreen and a 3.2 megapixel camera. It has a 1200 mAh Li-ion battery. While the Blaze smartphone...
06:50 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Mumbai: Vodafone is threatening a customer with a law suit after a spat over deficiency in service turned ugly. It became a full blown war after the customer Dhaval Valia posted the names and numbers of service executives who were unable to help him on Facebook. Promises on 3G service made Dhaval Valia switch to cellular operator Vodafone in April this year. Dhaval says he soon faced issues with the ...
09:18 AM, Jun 04, 2011
Mumbai: Vodafone is threatening a customer with a law suit after a spat over deficiency in service turned ugly. It became a full blown war after the customer Dhaval Valia posted the names and numbers of service executives who were unable to help him on Facebook. Promises on 3G service made Dhaval Valia switch to cellular operator Vodafone in April this year. Dhaval says he soon faced issues with the...
09:18 AM, Jun 04, 2011
New Delhi:Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said the government will try to resolve security issues around 3G services as quickly as possible. The government has asked three telecom service providers -- Airtel, Tata and Reliance -- to put on hold their video calling services on 3G until security agencies clear the interception facilities. "Telecom operators associations today met me and discussed the issue of security around 3G services. We...
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