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DoT is turning into a legal minefield, saddled with staggering 2,800 cases

Lawyers representing govt point out that telcos, because of the large money they can save if they get a favourable judgement, prefer to fight till all legal options are exhausted

DoT issues revised demand notices to 6 telcos for Rs 31,000 cr

The government has issued revised demand-cum-show cause notices for Rs 30,776 crore to 6 telecom firms for under-reporting revenues in four fiscal's up to 2009-10, Parliament was informed today. "Department of Telecom revised and issued demand cum show cause notices to six telecom service providers for a total amount of Rs 30,776 crore (Rs 29,474 crore as licence fee and Rs 1,302 crore as spectrum usage charges), taking into account report No.4 of 2016 of C&AG; licence agreement and status of litigation for the four financial years..." Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. The four financial years are 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10. "The definition of gross revenue and adjusted gross revenue was challenged by the private telecom service providers and now the matter is in Supreme Court of India. The Department is defending the case with all out efforts," Sinha said. As per last year's report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, ..

DoT to firm up policy on backhaul spectrum this year: Telecom Secretary

Telecom Dept undertook a slew of reforms in 2016 aimed at facilitating the ease of doing business

DoT to unveil portal on mobile radiation in a month

Manoj Sinha says that government has allowed the telecom companies to install towers on post offices buildings and government offices

DoT moves proposal for allowing wi-fi services in flights

At present, wi-fi services and phone calls are not allowed on flights flying over the Indian airspace

Telecom dept seeks AG opinion on power to impose fine

DoT move follows a Tripura High Court order in January that questioned its power to unilaterally impose a penalty

Telcos should tank-up spectrum; next sale may take long: DoT

India's biggest telecom players Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio Infocomm are amongst the seven firms in fray for the bidding

DoT clears Aadhaar-based KYC norms for telcos

A customer's Aadhaar card and fingerprints will now be adequate to validate and activate new prepaid and postpaid connections

DoT suspends spectrum sharing

Trading till auction concludes

SC notice to Centre on plea on radiation from mobiles, towers

The PIL, referred to the deleterious effects of radiation emanating from mobile towers and cell phones

DoT to indicate dues on spectrum sellers

Under spectrum trading rules, the obligation regarding radiowaves of a company gets transferred to the buyer

Govt allows RJio VoLTE calls to other networks

This will enable interconnection among upcoming networks which will be based on IP, mainly 4G technology