Telecommunications

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) saw the successful launch of its latest communications satellite, GSAT-10, on September 29. There were the usual celebrations and claims of new records testifying to India’s growing space prowess, … Read more

The National Telecom Policy 2012 (NTP 2012) has now become the official policy after one year of discussions. Of course, the context of the policy – the aftermath of the 2G scam – has now … Read more

Last two weeks have brought out that cyber war is no longer in the realm of science fiction, but very much a part of what is happening here and now. First, we had David Sanger … Read more

The Supreme Court’s judgement on 2G of cancelling the 122 licenses awarded in 2008 has blown away the vacuous claims that Sibal, the Minister for Communications and IT had been making of “no loss”. Sibal … Read more

THE brand new National Telecom Policy 2011 (NTP 2011) proposed with a lot of fan fare has the same objective as earlier such policies – NTP 1994 and NTP 1999 – how to create new … Read more

THE more things change, the more they remain the same in telecom. Even after the massive 2G scam that has rocked the country, more of the same are in the offing. In 3G, various parties … Read more

THE United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is sinking deeper and deeper into mire in the 2G case. It is now clear that the then finance minister, P Chidambaram, had indeed given his concurrence to pegging the … Read more

LAST week we had dealt with the broad issues in the KG Basin Gas scam, in which the CAG’s findings are only one element. In this article, we will focus on what the CAG has … Read more

KAPIL Sibal has now thought fit not only to pick up all the arguments given by A Raja for giving 2G license and spectrum at throw-away prices to favoured corporate houses, but has also added … Read more

THE telecom spectrum scam is now back in the news with CBI raiding the Department of Telecom (DoT), reportedly at the request of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). The CVC had earlier written to the … Read more

The BJP led Government has promulgated an Ordinance on the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that creates two bodies instead of one, reconstitutes the authority in terms of members and removes the telecom regulator … Read more

The BJP government has offered a bail out package to the basic services providers, the circle cellular operators and the metro cellular operators. The package offers conversion of the two years license fees to an … Read more