Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked Law Minister Kapil Sibal over Vodafone tax case and said all the corrupt ministers have joined the Group of Ministers on CBI autonomy. ...
10:48 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Will brand IPL take a hit after the new spot-fixing scandal? CNN-IBN takes a look at companies that are investing crores in the game. If the fall in ratings was not bad enough, the spot-fixing scandal has put the most successful cricket brand in a fix. Till now, tight matches kept bringing advertisers to come on board with bigger budgets. Official broadcaster Max is expected to rake in...
10:58 AM, May 17, 2013
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11:57 PM, May 15, 2013
Thirteen-year-old Aditya Ranka was kidnapped and killed by the duo as they wanted to repay the money lost while betting on the IPL. ...
09:43 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked Law Minister Kapil Sibal over Vodafone tax case and said all the corrupt ministers have joined the Group of Ministers on CBI autonomy. "Kapil Sibal says he will sort out the tax liability on Vodafone and Hutchinson in an outside court settlement. We have learnt that Kapil Sibal's son is Hutchinson's lawyer," added Kejriwal. While addressing a...
02:42 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: When it comes to the number of disputes of phone billing, Aircel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular fared the worst in several service areas during the quarter ended December 2012, according to a report by regulator TRAI. According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) Performance indicator Report released today, Aircel customers in 10 out of 22 telecom service areas disputed bills, Vodafone consumers in four and Idea subscribers...
10:37 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: A consortium of global telecom majors, including Reliance Jio Infocomm and Vodafone, today signed an agreement for constructing the Bay of Bengal Gateway submarine cable system that will link Malaysia and Singapore to the Middle East with connections in India and Sri Lanka. The cable system is likely to carry commercial traffic by the end of 2014. "...consortium members - Telekom Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia), Vodafone Group (UK), Omantel...
03:30 PM, Apr 30, 2013
London: Six major Vodafone investors said $100 billion was not enough for the British company's stake in its US joint venture with Verizon Communications, and urged the latter to come up with an offer of at least $120 billion. Their comments followed a Reuters report on Wednesday that Verizon had hired advisers to prepare a possible $100 billion bid to buy Vodafone's 45 per cent stake in their Verizon Wireless...
06:54 AM, Apr 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: Bharti Airtel cannot add new 3G customers in seven zones where it does not own the airwaves and offers the services through pacts with other carriers, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, pending a final ruling in the dispute. Bharti can, however, continue 3G services in the zones for its existing customers, the court said, after hearing an appeal by India's top telecommunications carrier challenging a government ban...
12:52 PM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: Bharti CMD Sunil Mittal and Essar group promoter Ravi Ruia, who have been summoned as accused in the additional 2G spectrum allocation case, on Thursday appeared in a Delhi court which posted the matter for further proceedings on April 16. Mittal's counsel placed before special CBI judge OP Saini the order passed by the Supreme Court postponing till April 16 the proceedings in the case. Besides Mittal and...
12:33 PM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear appeals filed by Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone in response to notices sent to them regarding discontinuation of their 3G services in unlicensed cities. On April 8, the Apex Court had directed the telecom department to not take any 'coercive action' against the country's largest mobile phone company Bharti Airtel till Thursday, April 11. Last week, a panel of judges...
08:35 AM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian government will introduce changes in the income tax laws once the dispute with Vodafone is resolved, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday. "Amendments to the Income Tax Act is inevitable, that is absolutely necessary," Chidambaram told reporters adding that the government was waiting for a possible outcome of the negotiation on over a $2 billion Vodafone tax dispute. Chidambaram said he would propose the changes...
04:10 AM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal is learnt to have approved a recommendation by two internal committees of the Department of Telecom (DoT) for imposing a fine of about Rs 104 crore on Vodafone for allegedly violating the licence conditions on routing of calls. "It was approved on March 23," official sources said. The fine is based on the loss estimated by internal committees of DoT to the national exchequer...
03:04 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal is learnt to have approved a recommendation by two internal committees of the Department of Telecom (DoT) for imposing a fine of about Rs 104 crore on Vodafone for allegedly violating the licence conditions on routing of calls. "It was approved on March 23," official sources said. The fine is based on the loss estimated by internal committees of DoT to the national exchequer...
09:10 AM, Apr 04, 2013
The government has rejected a request by a unit of Vodafone Group Plc's to extend its mobile phone licenses in three key service areas, the operator said, escalating a feud between carriers and the Centre in the world's second-biggest mobile phone market. ...
01:38 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Bharti Airtel Ltd on Tuesday said it views Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) chargesheet against it over 2G spectrum allocation scam as "an attempt to tarnish its high reputation" and that it will fight the chargesheet against the company and its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal. A court on Tuesday summoned former Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh, Ravi Ruia, one of the founders of diversified conglomerate Essar Group and ex-head of Vodafone...
06:52 PM, Mar 19, 2013
British mobile operator Vodafone is set to end its long-running sponsorship of the Formula One team McLaren following a review of marketing strategy. ...
09:12 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Vodafone, which has not applied for taking part in spectrum auction in March, on Tuesday said the reserve price set is too high and the company cannot afford to pay in India where there is uncertainty about airwaves and revenues are low. ...
04:06 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The Centre on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that the renewal of licences for 900 MHz spectrum of three leading mobile service operators would be decided within two weeks. "The government will decide their applications (for renewal of licences) within two weeks as per the law," Additional Solicitor General (ASG) AS Chandhiok told a bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher. ...
06:15 PM, Feb 22, 2013
