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  • VSNL plans to merge broadband arm with self (The Hindu Busienss Line 10th Dec 2007)VSNL has informed the BSE that the board of directors has approved the proposed merger of VSNL Broadband Ltd (VBL), a wholly owned subsidiary, with the company. Further steps will be initiated in due course.
  • Truce eludes telecom (The Hindu Busienss Line 10th Dec 2007) The Communication Minister, Andimuthu Raja, knows exactly what to do when he has a sore throat — eat spicy, home-cooked crab. But he has a bigger pain these days — an aggravated and prolonged battle for spectrum between GSM and CDMA mobile operators — for which he and his officials in the Department of Telecom are finding it tough to cook up a solution.
  • RCom slams Bharti, Vodafone claims on spectrum (The Hindu Busienss Line 10th Dec 2007) Reliance Communications has slammed the claims made by GSM operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar before the spectrum panel set up by the Government.
    In a point-by-point rebuttal, RCom told the chairman of the panel that the two operators were cherry picking information to suit their arguments on spectrum.
    The panel set up to review the subscriber base allocation criteria is expected to finalise its report on Monday. However with the GSM operators disassociating itself from the committee, the panel’s conclusions may not resolve the conflict on spectrum allocation.
  • RCom files 6 RTI applications on spectrum allocations (Live mint.com 10th Dec 2007)
    Within days of receiving permission to start global system for mobile communication (GSM)-based mobile services, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communication Ltd (RCom) has sought information on various spectrum-related decisions taken in the past by the government.
    The company has filed six applications through the Right to Information (RTI) Act seeking information on whether Vodafone Essar (earlier Hutchinson Essar) and Bharti Airtel Ltd were allocated spectrum in 900Mhz band or 1,800Mhz in the West Bengal circle.
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