The country's largest car maker has come under the spotlight for working out a quiet settlement with union leader Sonu Gujjar and other workers by paying them Rs 16 lakh (Rs 1.6 million) each, much more than they would have got under a normal severance package or voluntary retirement scheme.
DoT has stated in an internal note that the 3G roaming agreements between these three companies are tantamount to their becoming mobile virtual network operators, something not allowed under the current policy.
Proposes conversion of Rs 1 lakh crore cumulative losses into bonds or loans.
According to a senior company official, BSNL is in the process of appointing recovery agents on a commission basis to bring back the money.
The Department of Telecommunications is planning to give more powers to the telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, in the new telecom policy, including the power to impose financial penalties on the erring telecom service providers.
British consumer goods major Reckitt Benckiser, which bought over local start-up Paras Pharmaceuticals for a staggering Rs 3,260 crore (Rs 32.6 billion) last year, is converting its acquired Baddi plant in Himachal Pradesh into a global hub for manufacturing over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical products.
The New Telecom policy 2011 and the Spectrum Act are expected to address these concerns.
Airports authority demands Leela fork out 7.5% of gross turnover of Mumbai hotel as royalty.
India had threatened to stop Swiss, which, as the designated airline of that country, 'violated' a vital clause called the substantial ownership and effective control, mandated under the bilateral air services agreement between the two countries.
The exercise is ostensibly for security reasons and to prevent misuse of the freedom of speech in cyberspace.
The new telecom policy-2011 is also expected to come out with new norms for mergers and acquisitions, enhancing rural coverage, and spectrum allocation, among other things.
This means the regulator can bring rates under regulation once again. Currently, the rates are determined by market forces.
New policy to give greater flexibility to foreign players.
In talks with Nigeria, Kenya & Niger for development of transmission system.
The issue of which technology to use in wireless broadband services, TD-LTE or WiMax, is becoming keener.
ITC operates only in the sugar confectionery arena, which limits its size of business.
Considers bidding for Barcelona, Madrid airports; may rope in local partner.
Emerging consensus is that all state capitals be covered.
This will enable security agencies to tap any call, real-time chat and data without help from the operators.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has proposed to simplify the country's telecom landscape. It has suggested one tariff for each licence holder across the country, all-India mobile number portability and doing away with roaming charges.
