Sunday, June 5, 2011

New telecom policy to delink spectrum from licenses

The Telecom Department was the arguably unlikely birthing ground for India’s largest-ever scam. A Raja, the minister who allegedly helmed the swindle, is now in jail – large amounts of frequency were virtually donated along with mobile network licenses to companies that were ineligible for them.

New Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has announced a new set of rules today that aim at cleansing a system that seemed designed for manipulation. So Mr Sibal’s Telecom Policy 2011 deems that the licenses of all operators will be renewed every 10 years instead the 20-year-term that was on offer

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