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India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is expected to ask the country’s telecoms regulator to lower the minimum price for the auction of 5G airwaves, Indian newspaper Mint reported, citing an …

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The Telecom Ministry will ask for nearly $300 million from Tata Teleservices, Vodafone, Reliance Communications, Airtel and Idea Cellular for underreporting revenues, India’s Press Trust of India has reported, quoting unidentified sources.

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal of India has allowed some mobile operators to continue offering 3G services in areas for which they don’t have licenses until Jan. 9.

The new telecom operators have argued that since the established players have already cornered maximum spectrum and subscriber bases, the new players should be given more concessions in view of the limited market.

While referring to media reports that nearly 3,000 mobile towers operating in India’s capital of Delhi were set up without the required approvals, the parliamentary standing committee on information technology expressed serious doubts over the efficacy of the telecom authority’s vigilance and monitoring mechanism.

The Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) Friday, in a communication to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raised the issue of defiance by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

India’s telecom department has given its ‘in principle’ nod to state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. to surrender the broadband wireless access spectrum allotted to it.

The Indian prime minister’s office has recently sought an update from the Department of Telecom about the steps taken to tackle the security issues arising from the importing of telecom equipment.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reassured the telecom industry today that his government is fully committed to sustaining growth, creativity and enterprise in a “vitally important” sector of the country’s economy.

In case of spectrum allocation beyond 4.4 MHz and up to 6.2 MHz to GSM operators, the service provider should have covered at least 50% of the district headquarters or any other town in lieu thereof, according to Indian telecom regulator’s recommendations for assignment of additional spectrum.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s recommendation of a 60% market share cap on merger and acquisitions has been turned down by a standing committee of the Department of Telecommunications.

India’s top telecom bureaucrat, R Chandrashekhar, Monday said the Telecom Commission expects to conclude discussions on TRAI’s proposal on 2G spectrum pricing and M&As in the telecom sector within a week.

The telecom sector over the last few months and year, has seen many controversies – most of them a result of public policy ambiguities.

Top executives of three leading telecom companies in India have now written to the Indian Prime Minister over the issue of the controversial 3G roaming deals.

In a recent draft of security policy, the Department of Telecom asks telecom operators in India to play a role in ensuring the security of the country’s telecom networks.

India’s present 3G roaming provisions have far-reaching security implications, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

TRAI Chairman J.S. Sarma recently urged the telecom industry to increase the manufacturing of mobile equipment in India; a trial on India’s 2G spectrum scandal case will begin today in a lower court.

the company has got a relief after TDSAT issued a reserve order, thereby relieving the company to pay the fine by October 20. The tribunal will look into the issue and decide the payment of the fine.