The problem here is that internal auditors are good at accounts, but they are not trained to track foreign exchange transactions
To bring clarity, the department clearly defines terms such as promoter and competitor.
The Universal Service Obligation fund was set up in April 2002 and a statutory status was given to it.
Eight telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, the biggest three in the country, bid a combined Rs 61,162 crore (Rs 611.62 billion) in the spectrum auction held earlier this month.
The controversial report of the JPC, which gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G spectrum scam saying he was "misled" by the then Telecom Minister A Raja, was on Monday tabled in Lok Sabha amid pandemonium.
Reports by CAG earlier on the 2008 telecom licence scam had resulted in the cancellation of 122 licences.
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In the process, Vodafone India's valuation rose 48.39 per cent since February 2012, when Piramal Enterprises bought 5.5 per cent stake in Vodafone India for Rs 3,007 crore (Rs 30.07 billion).
The recent alleged sabotage of BSNL's network in coastal Andhra Pradesh by a major Chinese telecom equipment maker has once again reminded Indian intelligence agencies that when it comes to hacking, China is India's biggest concern. Vicky Nanjappa explains why.
Rs 200-cr burden likely for TV rating agencies.
Through Wi-Fi, mobile phone users will be able to access Internet.
At least 11 people were killed and 86 others injured today after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted two counties in China's northwestern Gansu Province, local authorities said.
More than 87 per cent of the spectrum has been allocated to bidders.
Air India's new chief Ashwani Lohani is a man of many parts. Here are 10 interesting facts about him.
Clauses on land return, action against officials diluted
Technical fault was the reason behind it.
TRAI may recommend the DoT to levy one-time non-refundable fee of Rs 50,000 per operator for each service area in which they opt for spectrum sharing.
Currently, MNP is only available within a state/circle.
DoT committee rejects most Trai suggestions for freeing airwaves for sale.
Trai calls both Jio and incumbents for a meeting to discuss the issue
Apart from other things, this would have put a spanner in the government's Digital India campaign.
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved the toughest issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on the govt's Digital India dream
Of late, net neutrality has generated much debate.
Letter to telecom secretary alleges Jio is masquerading full-blown services in the guise of a trial; no word from Reliance.
The Government on Friday managed to have its way in the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G scam when the panel approved the draft report giving a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram with a 16-11 vote in its favour.
'Make in India' could suffer the same fate as did privatisation and the command economy, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
While Kumar, Tarun, Ashok, Sandeep and Dinesh were earlier in CBI custody for five days, the other accused were sent to the agency's custody on Monday.
Trai has said the three operators were "intentionally denying and delaying" the provision of points of interconnects (PoIs) to Jio, "only to restrict a new entrant thus violating the terms and conditions of licence and regulations of the Authority which also caused a lot of inconvenience to the consumers."
Move to help India export hi-end vehicles.
Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
Income will be higher as spectrum in 2,100-MHz band will also be auctioned
A consummate deal-maker, the former Aircel boss raked in the moolah in many, but lost a packet in several others.
Inflation is down, growth is headed for recovery. RIL and subsidiary Jio are on an upswing. However, stressed loans and impending job losses are the dark clouds, says Devangshu Datta.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu all possible assistance as Cyclone Hudhud made landfall leaving five persons dead in the state and neighbouring Odisha.
The Internet is too important to let a few private telecom players decide what the rules will be for consumers, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar, independent member of Parliament who was one of the key petitioners seeking the scrapping of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.
Indeed, this is one policy area where the Modi-led government is different from the one that was headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Companies might have to shell out a fourth of the industry's annual net revenue to clear the obligation
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions, says Shyam Ponappa.
DoT and the company have not done anything that breached the guidelines mentioned in the notice inviting applications for the auction of the BWA spectrum in 2010, it stated in a reply to CAG's draft audit report.
A DoT panel has backed net neutrality and made some recommendations to push the cause
The official India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the private Skymet Weather Services have made widely divergent monsoon forecasts.
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