telecom

To cover up Rs 200 crore illegal gratification made to Kalaignar TV, agreements were executed after lodging of FIR in the 2G scam and money was channelled back to its source on A Raja's resignation as Telecom Minister, the CBI has claimed. The agency has supported this contention on the basis of the statements of an accountant of DB Realty and Director of the Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd to establish that the money travelled between December 23, 2008 and August 7, 2009 from Sh.. Full Article

Having completed investigation into special audit of five leading operators, including RCom, Bharti and Idea, the Telecom Ministry is likely to raise demand of over Rs 1,100 crore from them for under reporting revenues. "The Department has completed investigations into the audit report of telecom companies and the demand may be raised by this month-end," a source in the DoT said. Full Article

It is learnt from sources that finance ministry is likely to strengthen the service tax regime and plug loopholes in sectors like construction, oil and gas, telecom, works contract and industrial construction and will come out with clear guidelines r Full Article

As the uncertainty following the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on telecom companies continues, bankers who have taken exposure to these companies are getting the jitters. The plan of action ranges from drawdown of loans to seeking ad Full Article

A special audit of Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications will be delayed, as the auditor Parakh & Co has sought an extension for three months from mid-July.The government has, however, asked the auditor for progress report before deciding on giving the extension and in case more time was given, the auditors would have to [...] Full Article

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the telecom majors Bharti Airtel and Hathway and Datacom Pvt Ltd to move appropriate authority to decide whether transactions related to providing broadband services to subscribers can be treated as “sale of l ight energy” for levying sales tax. A bench headed by Justice Mr S H Kapadia while [...] Full Article

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (FC Section) Press Note No 2 (2009 Series) Subject: Guidelines for calculation of total foreign investment i.e. direct and indirect foreign investment in Indian companies. Investment in Indian companies can be made both by non-resident as well as resident Indian entities. [...] Full Article

Slow internet connections will continue till Friday, even as restoration work on two cables out of the three that had severed a few days ago is under way. In India, the latency will continue till the end of the week, even for customers who have opted for redundancy bandwidth. For those who did not opt for redundancy bandwidth, the latency would be higher till the restoration. Full Article