Chennai: Backing his party colleague A Raja, prime accused in 2G spectrum scam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday expressed happiness over his securing bail. "All in DMK support Raja," Karunanidhi said, hours after a Delhi court granted bail to the former Union Telecom Minister. Talking to reporters at his Gopalapuram residence, the DMK patriarch said Raja securing bail gave him happiness. To a question if Raja would be involved...
09:21 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Two words - bail granted and the celebrations began. Special Judge OP Saini's order was greeted with spontaneous applause by A Raja's supporters inside and outside the court. Going by the celebrations, it seems more like the former Telecom Minister has been acquitted rather than been granted bail. So it's important to note, that while these celebrations will continue, so will the trial on a day-to-day basis. DMK...
06:53 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja on Tuesday accused his erstwhile Telecom Secretary DS Mathur in a Delhi court of deposing "falsely" against him under the fear of prosecution by the CBI in the 2G spectrum allocation case. DMK MP Raja, who is the prime accused in the case, alleged Mathur agreed to become a prosecution witness as he feared arrest in the case. The former bureaucrat, however, denied...
08:21 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012 will be in place by May. "It (NTP) will be done in May. We have already said that," IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of World IT Forum 2012. The Economic Survey had estimated NTP to be in place by June. The government through new telecom policy has made attempt to set...
06:36 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications plans to start auction of 2G spectrum by December 20 and allocate spectrum to players in March next year. "We will need time at least till December 20 to start auction of spectrum. There are various processes before it and will have to stick to strict deadline to meet this date," a senior Telecom Ministry official told. The official added that to start the...
08:29 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked telecom operators Idea Cellular and Vodafone to provide Intelligence Bureau (IB) identification of subscribers using Internet on their mobile phones. DoT officials said instructions have been issued to Idea and Vodafone to provide the requisite information to IB at the earliest. The security agency had sought details of some mobile numbers by providing the corresponding IP addresses to Vodafone but the...
12:24 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) has invited applications for TRAI Chairperson's post, which will fall vacant on the retirement of JS Sarma in May. The new telecom regulator will take over at a time when the industry will be bracing up for 2G spectrum auctions. TRAI has to issue recommendations as per the Supreme Court directive that cancelled 122 telecom licences this month. Besides, the new head will...
08:18 PM, Feb 20, 2012
New Delhi: A Department of Telecommunication (DoT) official on Thursday testified before a Delhi court, trying the 2G spectrum case, that the 2010 TRAI report said that it was not "feasible" to auction the spectrum. Deposing as a prosecution witness, Viresh Goel, DoT's Deputy Advisor (MN), told Special CBI Judge OP Saini that in the 2010 report of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), it was mentioned that spectrum should...
08:03 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: Following Supreme Court order that cancelled 122 2G licences terming them as illegal, the telecom ministry is likely to send letters to new operators for termination of their licences. This was discussed in the Department of Telecom's internal meeting to discuss the implications of the Supreme Court order and way forward in this regard. The members discussed various issues including sending communication to licencees for termination of licence...
08:31 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom will study the legal implications of the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 2G telecom licenses before deciding on the future course of action. "DoT has to first study legal implications of the order. It will require some time to understand and interpret the order before deciding on any action. As of now, we understand that the court has given some time by which the...
11:07 AM, Feb 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government has finalised its strategy to counter Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy's petition to investigate Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam in the Patiala House Court of Justice OP Saini. Taking a cue from Supreme Court's observation that the Department of Telecom (DoT) did not listen to advice of the Finance Ministry while going ahead...
06:59 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for adopting a "lopsided" approach in recommending grant of 2G spectrum at 2001 prices and methodology which suffered from several deficiencies. "To say the least, the entire approach adopted by TRAI was lopsided and contrary to the decision taken by the Council of Ministers and its recommendations became a handle for the the then...
06:20 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: After their 3G roaming agreements being termed as "illegal" by DoT, telecom firms may be in for another shock now with the government deciding against allowing spectrum sharing in this segment. Spectrum sharing was expected to be part of the National Telecom Policy-2011 and the operators were looking forward to it, but the government's decision not to allow this may impact their business plans, sources in the know...
06:08 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Wellington: Two years ago, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom joked in emails with his new neighbours in New Zealand about his bad-boy reputation before telling them his criminal past was behind him and he was coming to the country with good intentions. "I am a former hacker" who was once convicted of insider trading, he wrote, before going on to say "In all seriousness: My wife, two kids and myself love...
11:30 AM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court, trying the 2G spectrum allocation case, on Wednesday ordered the Department of Telecom to trace a case-related missing file within a week and produce the same before it. Special Judge OP Saini sought the file after DoT Under Secretary SP Sharma submitted that the file had gone missing and he needed a week's time to trace the same. "SP Sharma, Under Secretary (DoT), is also...
06:40 PM, Jan 25, 2012
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