| 3G spectrum winners can use it only after June | 21-NOV-09 |
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| The ambiguity over availability of 3G (third generation) telecom spectrum would end soon, as the ministry of defence has agreed to release 25 MHz of 3G spectrum before December 8, paving the way for auctioning of all the four slots in every circle simultaneously. But, the successful bidders in the auction would be able to utilise the spectrum only after June 2010, despite the auction process happening on schedule in January. |
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| EGoM on 3G auction to meet today | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on the auction of third generation (3G) spectrum will meet tomorrow to discuss the vacation of spectrum by defence forces. |
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| Foreign cos abstain from 3G meet; telcos seek clarity | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Foreign telecom companies today stayed away from a meeting to discuss the blueprint for 3G (third generation) mobile spectrum auction, while domestic players were riddled with doubts regarding regulation and availability of airwaves. |
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| Sreelatha Menon: A new lesson | 15-NOV-09 |
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| A small rally of barefoot children wearing little dhotis marched through a small village of Kurumbilavu in Thrissur district 70 years ago. They were chanting: Him him pray...him him pray. |
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| PM to take up BSNL's falling revenue | 14-NOV-09 |
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| Concerned over BSNL’s falling revenues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet the brass of the telecom PSU and Communications and IT Minister A Raja to look into causes and find ways to improve performance.A senior BSNL official said the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked BSNL to be prepared for such a meeting with the prime minister. |
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| DoT to seek Cabinet nod for Rs 10,000-cr defence proj | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The Department of Telecom (DoT) will approach Cabinet shortly seeking allocation of Rs 10,000 crore to prepare an optical fibre cable (OFC) network for defence forces in the next three years in lieu of release of spectrum for mobile services. |
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| FM asks Raja to push Trai Bill in Winter Session | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has asked IT and Telecommunications Minister A Raja to complete the ground work on the Trai (Amendment) Bill, 2008, on relaxing rules for appointment of regulators so that it could be taken up for consideration in the Winter Session of Parliament. |
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| No headway in 3G spectrum logjam | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The stalled process of 3G spectrum allocation showed little signs of recovery even after a meeting between Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), defence and finance ministry officials. |
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| DoT may reconsider Etisalat DB-Allianz merger proposal | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The Department of Telecommunications may relook at mobile operator Etisalat DB’s proposal of merging new player Allianz Infratech with itself, as it now feels the deal does not involve sale of equity, which is barred for three years. |
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| DoT, defence scrap over 3G spectrum | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The inter-ministerial battle over spectrum for 3G telecom services has intensified, with the department of telecommunications (DoT) rejecting a claim by the ministry of defence (MoD) that it has not accounted for 10 MHz of spectrum given to DoT at the end of October in the information memorandum (IM). |
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| DoT may reconsider Etisalat DB-Allianz merger proposal | 11-NOV-09 |
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| The Department of Telecom (DoT) may relook mobile operator Etislat DB's proposal of merging new player Allianz Infratech with itself, as it now feels that the deal does not involve sale of equity, which is barred for three years. |
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