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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a writ petition for a direction to the Centre to release all 5,800 conversations of Niira Radia tapped by government agencies.
A Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.S. Nijjar was hearing the petition filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation and posted the matter for further hearing on February 2, along with the petition filed by industrialist Ratan Tata on the same issue. The CPIL also wanted the court “to frame guidelines that protect public whistle-blowers.”
The petitioner said: “Public interest requires that the conversations in the Radia tapes be brought into the public domain so that the citizens' right to know is effectuated by informing them how every aspect of their government as well as institutions such as the media, are being subverted.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) said today the network data analysis system (NDAS) was a tool to gain lawful access only to its consumer services including BlackBerry Messenger, and does not enable access to highly secure corporate emails on its devices.
RIM, in a statement, reiterated that there would be no change to its security model for corporate emails, clarifying after a newspaper earlier reported RIM had offered to install the tool at its premises in India to help tap data.
RIM has said it was cooperating with the Indian government and was enabling mobile carriers to lawfully access data on BlackBerry Messenger.
India had threatened to shut off BlackBerry Messenger and corporate email services unless it gains access to them, in a campaign driven by fears that unmonitored communication puts the country’s security at risk.
"In a one-of-its-kind case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked two senior MTNL officers for allegedly conniving with dealers who activated nearly 300,000 fake mobile phone connections for financial gains to the tune of nearly Rs 7 crore.
A Deputy General Manager for GSM services and Assistant General Manager (Sales) of MTNL, Mumbai, had allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy with nine distributors of MTNL SIM cards and helped them in extracting commission from the company on the basis of fake customer forms, CBI spokesperson said"
"The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) may impose a penalty of up to '50 crore on telecom service provider Bharti Airtel for alleged violation of licence terms and conditions.
In an internal note, the department said the company has issued 1,847 bulk mobile connections to Falcon Business Resource Pvt Ltd and 741 to Galaxy Rent. The company entered into agreements with these companies for renting of SIMs issued to them for individual customers — third-party transfer of SIM/connection, which is not allowed, DoT said.
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“The licensor may impose a financial penalty of not over '50 crore for violation of terms and conditions of the licence agreement,” the note added. When contacted, a Bharti Airtel spokesperson said the company had not received any formal communication from DoT in this regard. "
"The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the telecom industry are working towards a consensus to resolve the issue of unwanted calls and messages on mobile phones. This may include imposing criminal liability on telemarketers and allocation of a distinct number series for them, so that customers can recognise the source of the call .
DoT is considering a view of the operators that there should be a criminal liability on the defaulting telemarketer after a warning, penalty and disconnection if it continues to make unsolicited calls to customers who are registered under the national do-not-call (DNC) registry."
"lobal consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has said the mobile subscriber base in India would cross the 100-crore mark by 2014, while there will be over 10 crore 3G broadband subscribers by 2015.
In its latest report titled ‘Mobile Broadband Outlook 2015', PwC said the boom in the telecom sector is expected to continue for the next three to five years, driven by high subscriber additions mostly in non-urban areas. "
Reliance Big Broadcasting (RBB), the television arm of the Reliance ADA Group, is on its way to becoming the country’s single largest owner of television channels, under the brand name ‘Big’. It already operates 46 FM radio stations, the highest by a single radio operator and a Direct-to-Home platform, all under the ‘Big’ name.
The company has applied to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) for a licence to operate 33 news channels, the highest for any single broadcaster so far. It has already got the downlink licence for 18 non-news channels under the brand name ‘Big’.
Once it gets all the approvals, RBB would own over 50 television channels, the highest among all the existing broadcasters. The Zee, STAR and Eenadu groups own less than half this number.
A Dahod resident has said in his Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that many private cable operators in the state broadcast news without obtaining mandatory permission for the same. The petitioner has also demanded the state government to formulate guidelines to control the cable news operators in the state. Giving a specific case of a Dahod-based cable operator, the petitioner said that the operator is carrying out various illegal activities under the guise of the television network. The division bench of Chief Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice Akil Kureshi has asked the government pleader to take instructions from the government. The next hearing in the case has been kept after 10 days.
Look at regular reports from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the message is clear: India’s mobile phone firms are providing pretty lousy service to their customers. That’s also a perception you get from talking to customers — who doesn’t have his/her call-drop stories? While the established telcos deny their service is that bad, or blame it on the lack of spectrum, the question is whether the service is bad enough to get subscribers to leave. It is for this reason that TRAI decided Mobile Number Portability (MNP) had to be introduced at the earliest. In return for a fee, subscribers can retain their existing number but use the service of another mobile phone company — so, you can have an Airtel phone but actually get your service from Vodafone, or vice-versa.
The decks have been cleared for the appointment of TDSAT member JS Sarma as the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
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According to sources close to the development, the official announcement of his name is expected to be made in a few days after the various formalities are completed.
Once appointed, Sarma will succeed former Trai chairman Nripendra Mishra who retired on March 22, 2009. Interestingly, Sarma’s name was not among the 13 names shortlisted from the 26 applications received by the search committee formed to select the next chairman. Sarma will relieve AK Sawhney of his duties as interim chairman when he takes charge.
The investigation arm of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC), the country’s anti-trust body, has launched a probe against 10 cellular service providers, including state-owned ones, for allegedly charging customers for short messages (SMSes) that are not delivered.
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The investigation by the office of the Director General of Investigation & Registration follows a complaint by a customer.
The TV grab of filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma trudging through the debris at Taj Hotel will remain one of the more grotesque images of the aftermath of the sixty hours of mayhem in Mumbai, last fortnight. I have been trying to figure out what was so disturbing about it and why so many people felt offended by it. It was promptly dubbed ‘terror tourism’ and soundly berated.
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In fact, it is interesting how so few of the Bollywood fraternity, who walk in and out of these 7-star hotels everyday, actually came there physically during or after the shootout. Even later, when an assorted bunch from Simi Garewal, Dia Mirza and Jaaved Jaffrey to Preity Zinta, Raveena Tandon and Sharmila Tagore did come on to the TV discussion panels, they sounded out of sync and had only banal or hawkish ideas to peddle. Despite the major glam star-cast, these TV shows were flops. Agents of the cinema seemed like sly interlopers here.
The Bombay High Court, in a very significant ruling, today dismissed telecom major Vodafone International's petition challenging the income tax department's show-cause notice for payment of capital gains tax of around $2 billion.
However, the division bench of Justices S Radhakrishnan and Anand Nirgude, continued the earlier stay on the I-T department's show-cause notice for further eight weeks to enable Vodafone file an appeal.
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The entry of private players has boosted the fortunes of FM radio in a big way in the country. This has been consistently reflecting in the revenue earned by the industry, which grew to Rs 550 crore last year from Rs 350 crore a year ago. The industry is expected to close with over Rs 800 crore in revenue this year.
Apurva Purohit, president, Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI), and CEO of Radio City 91.1FM, said that FM radio channels are making rapid strides by having a presence in 91 cities as against 30 cities about two years ago. This has resulted in a growth in reach, which is faster than TV, reaching out to over 85 per cent of the Indian audience.
On cost, radio campaign turns out to be 65 per cent less expensive than TV while delivering 64 per cent larger reach. Speaking of print, the same investment on radio delivers 760 spots compared to a 3-print insertions at 11 per cent lower cost.
As Indian banks gear up to offer mobile banking as the next step in payment systems, they also need to address customer concerns with regard to security.
The dependence of banks on mobile payment service providers would place the knowledge of customers in public domain. Therefore, banks would need to take adequate risk control measures to manage such risks and protect sensitive customer data.
This was the opinion shared by speakers at a seminar on mobile banking organised by Banknet here on Tuesday.
With mobile subscriber base touching 300 million in India, banks are increasingly exploring ways to adopt mobile banking practices.
The Department of Telecom has given its approval to divesting the 30 per cent stake held by Telecommunications Consultant of India Ltd in Bharti Hexacom, a company which offers mobile services in Rajasthan.
The stake sale has been hanging in the balance for more than three years. The Government had so far taken a stance not to divest State-owned TCIL’s stake. However, with the Left withdrawing its support, political equation at the Centre has changed allowing the Government to move ahead with its divestment plans.
The decision to approve the stake sale was taken at a meeting of the Telecom Commission, the highest authority in DoT, on August 21. DoT will now take the proposal to the Union Cabinet for approval.
If TCIL sells its stake, Bharti Airtel will have the first right of refusal. Bharti had earlier expressed interest in acquiring the stake but could not do so without Government approval. Bharti already owns about 70 per cent stake in Hexacom after it had bought out majority shares from Shyam Telecom. Bharti had paid about Rs 430 crore for buying out Shyam’s stake in 2004.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment in an official statement today denied that it ever sent a letter to Huawei on alleged violations of labour and employment regulations of the country.
The Indian subsidiary of the Chinese telecom company yesterday received a letter purported to have been written by the ministry, which threatened action against it for allegedly violating labour and visa rules.
The company, while acknowledging the letter, also added that it was investigating the authenticity of the document.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has delayed the opening of invites for the agency which will decide e-auction of spectrum for 3G and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA).
The opening of bids has been deferred to September 22 from September 3 as decided earlier. The pre-bid conference, which was to be held on August 27, has also been re-scheduled to September 8.
However, according to the revised schedule issued by the communications ministry, there will be no delay in the date of identifying the agency. The finalisation of the bids will be completed by September 30 as announced earlier by Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura.
The request for proposal (RFP) for the agency was floated on August 14 in order to select an agency for e-auction of spectrum for 3G and BWA in 22 telecom service areas in the country.
The Cellular Operators Association of India has threatened legal action against Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd for floating a tender seeking bids for setting up and running mobile phone antenna systems at the airport, COAI Director General TV Ramachandran said on Tuesday.
“We have been informed that under the system, you intend that all service providers terminate their services at central facility called Common Facilities Distribution building from where the signals shall be carried on your network under the tender,” COAI said in its notice to DIAL.
The DIAL tender had sought bids for setting up the mobile phone antenna systems for the new passenger terminal building No 3 and associated buildings.
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The DIAL tender had sought bids for setting up the mobile phone antenna systems for the new passenger terminal building No 3 and associated buildings.
The COAI has contended that only companies given licences by the Department of Telecommunications have the right to operate any kind of telecommunication service.
State-owned broadcaster Doordarshan has been allowed by the Delhi High Court to book advertisements for the two one-day international (ODI) cricket matches between India and Sri Lanka.
DD will share the revenue generated from these advertisements in the ratio of 25:75 with Ten Sports, the official broadcaster of the series.
This arrangement was approved by the Court as Ten Sports agreed to share the live feed of the remaining two ODI India-Sri Lanka matches with the public broadcaster. The private channel gave this undertaking to the bench of Justice Manmohan Sarin and Justice Veena Birbal.
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