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  No proposal to end STD charges for mobile services: Telecom minister

  Politics | December 09, 2015 16:19 IST

  New Delhi: There is no proposal to abolish STD charges for mobile subscribers as of now, the Lok Sabha was informed.Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said "at present there is no proposal under consideration to

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  Bhagwat remark, beef controversy had nothing to do with Bihar poll debacle: R S Prasad

  Politics | November 09, 2015 14:45 IST

  New Delhi: Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said, the controversial remark on caste reservation by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (later withdrawn) and the raging beef controversy had nothing to do with the election

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  TRAI gives 15 days to mobile operators on call drops

  India | September 09, 2015 20:45 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking urgent steps by mobile operators to check call drops, regulator TRAI today said their performance would be reviewed after 15 days and warned it will "cross the bridge" if they fail to

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  Committed Towards Non-Discriminatory Access to Internet: Government

  July 26, 2015 5:44 IST

  New Delhi:  The government on Friday reiterated its commitment to provide non-discriminatory access to Internet for all in the country and stick to the 'fundamental principles' of Net neutrality."Government is committed to the fundamental principles

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  Telecom Minister Prasad asks telcos to put their act together, asks them to offer quality services to consumer

  June 16, 2015 12:38 IST

  If you often face network connectivity and call drop issues with your existing telecom service provider, then this news would bring in some hope. Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had yesterday asked mobile operators

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  You have enough spectrum, address call drops: Telecom Minister asks mobile operators

  India | June 14, 2015 12:58 IST

  New Delhi:  Doing some plain speaking on call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asked mobile operators to walk the extra mile to reinforce their systems as they have enough spectrum to provide telephony

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  Net Neutrality panel report to be made public soon: Telecom Minister

  Politics | June 02, 2015 20:36 IST

  New Delhi: The telecom department panel that was set up to look into the Net neutrality issue has submitted its report to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and the report will be made public in

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  DoT for commencing spectrum auction from February 23

  November 18, 2014 20:19 IST

  New Delhi: Spectrum auction for mobile services is expected to start from February 23, a few days later than suggested by a ministerial group, according to official sources.The inter-ministerial group, formed to work out modalities

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  2G scam: Subramanian Swamy seeks copy of A Raja's statement to JPC

  India | July 18, 2013 21:57 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 18: A Delhi court today reserved its order for July 23 on a plea by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking summoning of a written statement given by former Telecom Minister A

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  Kapil Sibal calls BJP-ruled MCD as Maha Chor Dept

  India | March 29, 2013 17:05 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 29: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today described BJP-ruled Municipal Corporation of Delhi as “maha chor department”.He was addressing a gathering in his Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency. Sibal described Delhi chief minister Sheila

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  50% cut in reserve price of CDMA spectrum

  India | January 17, 2013 13:51 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 17: The government today approved a 50 per cent reduction in the reserve price of spectrum used by CDMA mobile operators."The Cabinet has approved 50 per cent reduction in CDMA spectrum (reserve)

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  DoT website in a time warp, A Raja is still telecom minister

  India | September 10, 2012 10:44 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 10 : The 2G telecom scam may have scalped the former telecom minister A Raja forcing him to cool his heels in Tihar jail  for more than year, but the Department of

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  Raja Seeks Review Of 2G Verdict

  India | March 02, 2012 20:06 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 2: Former Telecom Minister A. Raja on Friday sought a review of the Supreme Court verdict on cancellation of licenses for 2G spectrum saying it violates the “principles of natural justice” and

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  Kapil Sibal Writes Poetry

  India | February 24, 2012 17:41 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 24: The “unfair, unjust and unequal realities of life” find resonance in Kapil Sibal's second volume of poetry where the Telecom Minister attempts to give a glimpse of his perception of the

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  Kapil Sibal Meets PM After SC Judgement

  India | February 02, 2012 12:44 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 2: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shortly after the Supreme Court judgement that canncelled all 122 licences issued in January, 2008.He is understood to have discussed the

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  2G Case: Balwa Quizzes Prosecution Witness Achary

  India | January 03, 2012 20:27 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 3: Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa today quizzed in a Delhi court key 2G case prosecution witness Asheervatham Achary as to how he knew about former Telecom Minister A Raja's meetings

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  Religious Leaders Meet Sibal, Demand Action Against Communal Content On Internet

  India | December 22, 2011 16:41 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 22: Armed with a Delhi court order restraining social-networking sites from webcasting any “anti-religious” content that promotes communal disharmony, representatives from Muslim, Christian and other religious communities today met Telecom Minister Kapil

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  Raja Equated Spectrum Grant With Ration Distribution : Witness

  India | December 19, 2011 23:08 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 19: Former Telecom Minister A Raja saw an uncanny similarity between spectrum allocation and ration distribution on first-come-first-serve basis in Tamil Nadu and often compared the two while explaining the policy to

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  Govt Backs Chidambaram, Says He Had No Role In 2G Allocation

  India | December 10, 2011 16:51 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 10: Coming out in strong defence of Home Minister P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal today attacked the BJP-led NDA of attempting to “foist” culpability on him in the 2G scam saying it was

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  Kapil Sibal Under Attack In Cyberspace

  India | December 08, 2011 13:41 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today came under a fresh wave of attack on government's move to monitor content on social networking sites with more netizens reacting strongly to it.Noted personalities like