According to the data compiled by Apex Advisory Council for Telecom in India, as on January 19, 2007, Reliance Telecom follows TTSL with 84.78 per cent verification and Bharti Airtel in third position with 75.26 per cent.
The Department of Telecommunications might favour the holding company structure for the merger of the two telecom PSUs, Bharat Sanchar Nigam and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
Telecom Minister A Raja is likely to brief Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a day or two on the changes he wants in BSNL's mega tender to add 45.5 million GSM lines, which was approved by his predecessor Dayanidhi Maran.
The ministry of finance has shot off a missive to the Department of Telecommunications stating there could be a revenue loss in 2006-07 to the national exchequer, owing to reduced license fee from international and national long distance services.
Vodafone Idea on Monday paid Rs 2,500 crore to DoT and promised to pay another Rs 1,000 crore before the end of the week.
Supreme Court had asked the government to issue RCom a NoC for spectrum sale to Reliance Jio Infocomm by December 9 if it furnishes a corporate guarantee of Rs 1,400 crore
Delay due to rise in operating cost of telcos, late adoption of 4G network
The Department of Telecommunications has mooted a proposal to set up seven telecom centres of excellence to nurture the sector and reduce the rural-urban digital divide.
The spat between Essar and Hutchison for the acquisition of BPL (Mumbai) circle is far from over with the Indian corporate maintaining that the Department of Telecom approval for acquisition of BPL shares is yet to come.
Government websites across ministries, including that of the Prime Minister's Office, suffered outages due to "malfunctioning" on Wednesday evening and were restored after a few hours.
It will be interesting to see whether India-China border tensions figure during the deliberations of PLA deputies to the NPC and CPPCC, notes Jayadeva Ranade, the distinguished China expert and retired RA&W officer.
The Telecom Commission, which is the highest decision making authority within the Department of Telecommunications, on Wednesday, accepted the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on full-fledged mobile number portability.
Paving the way for consolidation in the telecom industry through mergers, de-mergers and acquisitions, the government has amended cellular and basic service licences clause.
Recommending technology neutrality, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday said Internet service providers should be allowed to use any medium, including fiber and radio to provide services.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said people living in the coastal belt would be shifted to safer places.
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