New Delhi: The Etisalat DB and TDSAT will come up for hearing on Monday in the Delhi High Court. Telecom tribunal TDSAT issued a notice to Etisalat DB on Reliance Infratel's plea seeking to recover Rs 1,200 crore from the operator which had taken its telecom infrastructure on lease.
A TDSAT bench headed by its chairman, Justice SB Sinha, asked the company to file a reply within two weeks and posted the matter on March 5 for next hearing.
Etisalat had recently announced its exit from the Indian markets after the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the 2G scam, cancelling licenses of 122 operators.
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10:02 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Dubai: UAE's telecom giant Etisalat has said that its Indian affiliate Etisalat DB would contest charges filed against it by the authorities relating to the allocation of 2G licence in January 2008. "Etisalat would like to inform you that on October 22nd, 2011, charges were framed against Swan Telecom, in which Etisalat holds 44.7 per cent, and 16 other parties, by the Court of Special Judge (CBI) in relation to...
11:34 AM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom has decided to terminate 13 UAS licences issued to Swan Telecom, the company alleged to be a beneficiary of the 2G scam. It has also been accused of acting as a front for Reliance Telecom. The DoT has now sought a second opinion from the law ministry. The DoT is finalising a show cause notice to Etisalat DB, formerly Swan Telecom. The draft show...
07:12 AM, Oct 09, 2011
New Delhi: A court in New Delhi on Friday fined corporate honchos Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka, accused in 2G spectrum allocation scam, for filing 'frivolous' pleas seeking to visit Mumbai for business purpose saying the 'government machinery cannot be made subservient to the money power of the accused to serve their business'. Balwa and Goenka had urged the court that they be allowed to go to Mumbai to...
08:16 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Chennai: Deepak Pushpanathan, a young relative of former Telecom Minister A Raja, died in Chennai last night after suffering a massive heart attack. 30-year-old Deepak, who was working with Etisalat DB, a firm under the scanner in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, was at a local gym where he is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest during a work out, police said. He was rushed to a nearby...
09:47 AM, Apr 08, 2011
New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed documents that raise concerns over Etisalat links to Pakistan and Afghanistan. After the CAG rap in the 2G case, more trouble comes calling for telecom operator Etisalat DB. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has rejected a proposal by the UAE based Etisalat Corporation and its Mauritius arm to invest Rs 380 crore in the Indian subsidiary. the home ministry has said that Etisalat DB director...
09:58 AM, Feb 09, 2011
New Delhi: The government has collected Rs 73.73 crore as penalty from new telecom operators for missing the network roll-out deadline, but is still keeping open the option of cancelling the licences. "Total penalty is about Rs 219 crore for missing roll-out obligations. We had generated demand for over Rs 78 crore of which the operators have submitted Rs 73.73 crore," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in new Delhi on...
05:36 PM, Jan 01, 2011
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has raised a red flag over Etisalat DB Telecom's links with Pakistan and Afghanistan. CNN-IBN has accessed Home Ministry documents which raise concerns over Etisalat DB Telecom operations in India due to its links with Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Ministry has also raised objections to a request for bringing in additional foreign investment by the company. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for...
01:09 PM, Dec 01, 2010
