Telecom Licenses

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is mulling over options to allow Sistema, Telenor, Videocon and Tata Teleservices to continue providing services...

General Counsel: The New Superhero?

Corruption allegations, license cancellations, retroactive amendments, policy paralysis, delayed land, company and tax laws, geoeconomic trouble, a slowing economy and growing public disenchantment.

Telenor, Unitech reach settlement on Uninor joint venture

Norway's Telenor and India-based Unitech have reached an agreement to amicably settle all disputes between the two parties. The two firms ...

Telecom secy denies receipt of Telenor's note

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, telecom secretary R Chandrashekhar denies having revied any notice from Telenor informing them of the company's intention to invoke international arbitration if their investments are not protected.

Telenor levels a $14 billion lawsuit against Unitech

With the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding mobile phone service providers' licenses being revoked, aside ...

Economic Affairs Secretary to be next Trai Chief?

Sources tell CNBC-TV18 that Economic Affairs secretary, R Gopalan, may be considered for chirmanship of Trai once JS Sarma's term expires in May.

Norway steps in to ensure 'fair treatment' for Telenor

The past week saw the highest body of law in the country deliver a pathbreaking ruling - that of revoking some 122 ...

2G: Catharsis & Commercial Implications

The 2G judgment is landmark in that it questions the constitutional validity, fairness & public interest of an economic policy.

Telecom review petition's scope quite limited: Khaitan & Co

Asim Abbas, Partner with Khaitan & Co spoke to CNBC-TV18 about his view on the legal recourse that telecom operators are looking forward to with regard to the 2G verdict.

TRAI to step-in to address tariff woes, says MNP's the way

Yesterday, the SC got many heads turning after it revoked the licenses of some 122 telecom companies ...

Telco order: 122 licenses at stake, future of sector

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court is expected to pronounce its order on the petition seeking cancellation of as many as 122 telecom licenses issued in January 2008 by former telecom minister A Raja. The order is expected by Friday.

Hearing on cancellation of 122 telecom licenses soon

A two judge bench of the Supreme Court is expected to shortly pronounce its order on the petition seeking cancellation of as many as 122 telecom licenses issued in January 2008 by former telecom minister A Raja.

Dealing with merger to licenses, not merger of cos: TRAI

Telecom M&A norms are set to be relaxed soon and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has sent spectrum recommendations to the Department of Telecom. Siddharth Zarabi, economic editor of CNBC-TV18 catches up with JS Sarma, chairman of TRAI for an exclusive interview.