Since Pakistan has 'opted out' of the project, it is now being called South Asian satellite.
Singh, working as Director in the Internal Security wing of the Union Home Ministry, was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell on November 23 and is now lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custody.
The department is planning a complete overhaul of the archaic Indian Telegraph Act.
Lawyers representing govt point out that telcos, because of the large money they can save if they get a favourable judgement, prefer to fight till all legal options are exhausted
Artificial scarcity and lack of clarity on available bandwidth blamed for scam.
The proposal gains significance because the merger plan was given a quiet burial under former telecom minister A Raja.
Tata Steel and Indian Hotels on Wednesday said they have always made all relevant disclosures and have no further comments to offer following comments made by ousted Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry that Tata group firms could face a potential USD 18 billion writedown.
Former telecom minister Arun Shourie responds to the Shivraj Patil committee's findings on the 2G spectrum scam, in this interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN programme 'Devil's Advocate'. Excerpts:
According to a background note prepared for the Economic Editors conference, the Telecom Ministry has made a provision of adding 1,200 million new telephone connections by 2017.
IT major Wipro on Monday said it has been ranked as a leader in the global R&D service provider survey by Zinnov Management Consulting for the fourth successive year.
Charges were traded thick and fast; enquiries and investigations have been carried out by more than one agency. As a result, one former minister, one political heavyweight, and a handful of businessmen, bureaucrats and executives are in jail.
Hiring intent in IT and ITeS was the highest in cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune.
In what could give a big relief to new mobile players, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is unlikely to cancel 53 licences - as recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) - for non-fulfilment of rollout obligations.
The department of telecommunications has finalised its proposal to use the UID numbers for issuing new connections and detailed guidelines, including the activation procedure, will be issued shortly.
The meeting of the GoM, according to sources, will be attended by several senior ministers, including Home Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister A K Antony, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Telecommunication Minister Kapil Sibal.
The list of services eligible for duty credits under the Served From India Scheme has been pruned by removing important areas such as computer consultancy services, software implementation, data processing and database services.
Mounting bad news takes a toll on Sun TV's stock, but analysts say company's fundamentals still remain strong
According to an order issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, the department will share 'bulk information', starting from Permanent Account Number (PAN) to the taxpayer's name and all the individual data that it captures like father's name, gender, date of birth, photograph and signature or thumb impression.
In a big setback to Aditya Birla Group firm Idea Cellular, the Delhi High Court said the six licences of Spice Communications would not be transferred to Idea, since the company did not comply with the licence and merger guidelines. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore for hiding information.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday defended Home Minister P Chidamabaram in the Supreme Court in the 2G scam by blaming the Department of Telecommunication for "jumping the gun" in spectrum allocation.
The connectivity will not only improve delivery of government schemes but will also empower people, he said while talking to reporters on the sidelines of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in New Delhi.
A CBI chargesheet bares the extent to which companies associated with Reliance ADAG allegedly indulged in financial subterfuge through a complex maze of transactions.
The documents include the Cabinet note on the policy prepared by DoT and papers related to the decision to clear the policy by the then Congress Cabinet.
Last week, Essar had decided to prepay $900 million of this debt to foreign lenders.
A Pakistani court has reportedly ordered a ban on nine leading websites, including Google, Yahoo and Hotmail, for allegedly posting blasphemous material.Media reports said the Bahawalpur bench of the Lahore high court on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to immediately block nine websites -- including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, YouTube, Bing and Amazon -- for publishing and promoting sacrilegious and blasphemous material.
Earlier, during the day, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal met various operators to discuss the national broadband policy.
The move will require a one-time payment of Rs 4,000-5,000 crore (Rs 40-50 billion), for which DoT would give financial support, a senior official from the latter told Business Standard.
There are different prices for spectrum up to contracted limit of 6.2 Mhz and for additional airwaves.
Operators, including Tata Teleservices, have submitted the compliance report for messenger services to the department of telecommunications.
DoT has issued notice for licence cancellation to Etisalat DB and Idea Cellular on ground of failing to meet roll out obligation.
Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes India Abroad, the leading Indian-American newspaper for half a century, which ceased publication on March 30.
Telecoms investor Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd and retailer Future Group were among the first big names to apply for licenses to run so-called payments banks
SC also wanted to know why DoT ignored TRAI's recommendations on effective utilization of the spectrum.
The move is significant as it would extend the power of CAG -- set up to audit central and state government departments as well as PSUs -- to private sector companies.
Flood waters inundated large areas of a southwest China province, killing 14 people and forcing evacuation of at least 45,000 residents. 35 people are said to be missing.
It took a good 18 years for Luminous Power Technologies to make its first Rs. 100 crore.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday said it had seized "incriminating" documents during searches at 14 places, including former telecom minister A Raja's residence, in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam.
The government has set a deadline of March 31 for telecom operators to provide an interception solution for BlackBerry enterprise services.
Park is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A G Ganguly asked the CBI to apprise it of their findings on March 15.
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