Govt may notify spectrum sharing rules in a week

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 14:06

The government on August 12 approved long-awaited spectrum sharing guidelines that provide operators an alternative to acquire more airwaves than only through auction.

Spectrum trading norms a forward looking move: Vodafone

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 11:21

"We see this as a very forward looking move by the government," Vodafone India MD and CEO Sunil Sood said, adding that companies can now create greater efficiency and optimise the spectrum in the ecosystem.

Spectrum trading may curb excessive bidding in auction: Fitch

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 19:25

Ability of telecom operators to trade spectrum may curtail excessive bidding in future auctions, credit rating agency Fitch said Thursday.

Aircel-Maxis: CBI's status report in SC on probe against PC

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 21:37

CBI Wednesday placed before the Supreme Court a fresh status report on the progress of its probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases by covering in its ambit the investigation concerning former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.

Govt approves spectrum trading norms for telecom firms

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 14:30

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the much-awaited spectrum trading norms for telecom companies.

PAC to submit its report on 2G scam

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 19:36

The 2G radiowave allocation scam is set to hog the limelight again as Public Accounts Committee has decided to submit its report on the controversial issue to Parliament based on the "in depth" discussions held by the panel then headed by Murli Manohar Joshi.

2G case: A Raja was main conspirator, favoured firms, says CBI

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 18:35

CBI Monday told a special court that former Telecom Minister A Raja was the "main conspirator" of the 2G spectrum scam and had favoured accused telecom firms in the allocation of radiowaves licences.

DoT wants operators to fix call drops before spectrum auction

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 12:53

The DoT is of the view that despite auctioning the largest amount of spectrum earlier this year, operators are not investing in infrastructure, as required, which is leading to call drop problem.

Raja is "liar", misrepresented facts to then PM: CBI to Court

Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015, 20:29

The CBI on Friday alleged in a special court that ex-Telecom Minister A Raja was a "consummate liar" and evidence suggests that he had made false representation and misled then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of allocation of 2G spectrum licences.

Prasad to take stock of spectrum trading norms Friday

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 19:25

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has called a meeting of DoT officials Friday to discuss a taxation issue related to proposed spectrum trading guidelines.

2G case: A Raja is in habit of making false statements, says CBI

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 19:44

The CBI on Wednesday charged former Telecom Minister A Raja with misleading then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of allocation of 2G spectrum licences and having a "habit" of making false statements.

Surplus spectrum: Court reserves order on charge for Sept 26

Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015, 21:07

A special court Monday reserved for next month its order on framing charges in the 2002 additional spectrum allocation case in which former Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh and three telecom companies were chargesheeted by the CBI.