2g Spectrum Licenses

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  "Let's Look At Facts": A Raja Challenges Former CAG Vinod Rai To Debate On 2G Spectrum Allocation

  Former telecom minister and DMK leader A Raja has challenged Vinod Rai, ex government auditor, to a debate on the allocation of 2G spectrum, billed as one of India's biggest corruption scams. Mr Raja was acquitted in the case by a trial court last month.

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  After 2G Verdict, Spotlight On 122 Licenses Scrapped by Supreme Court

  What happens to the 122 telecom licences scrapped by the Supreme Court depends on whether investigators will contest today's Delhi court order acquitting all accused in the 2G spectrum case, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said today.

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  2G Scam Verdict: A Recap Of the Spectrum Case So Far

  A Delhi court today acquitted all the 17 accused in the 2G spectrum case, including former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK leader M Kanimozhi, after, as the judge said, the investigators failed to prove that Mr Raja, along with officials from companies that got the licenses for telecom services, received kickbacks from private companies for the all...

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  2G Spectrum Scam Case: A Chronology Of What Is Known To Be India's Biggest Scam

  Former telecom minister A Raja was on Thursday acquitted in the 2G spectrum case along DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter M Kanimozhi and 15 others. Mr Raja was accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. He has also been accused of acceptinga 200-...

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  "Huge Scam Was Seen Where There Was None": 2G Order

  Former telecom minister A Raja, DMK leader Kanimozhi and all other accused were today acquitted in the politically-sensitive 2G spectrum allocation scam cases by a special court in Delhi which held that the prosecution "miserably failed" to prove the charges. The judge OP Saini said the CBI could not prove that Mr Raja, along with officials from co...

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  2G Spectrum Case Verdict Live Updates: Court Acquits A Raja, M Kanimozhi; CBI To Appeal In High Court

  A Delhi court acquitted former Telecom Minister A Raja who has been accused of masterminding the 2G spectrum scam, believed to be India's biggest ever scam, which came to light six years ago. Mr Raja is accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. A...

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  Former Minister A Raja Told Officials That Swan Telecom was Eligible for 2G: CBI

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today claimed in a special court that former Telecom Minister, A Raja had told Department of Telecommunications that Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL) was eligible for grant of 2G spectrum, even though its officials had initially expressed apprehension about its eligibility.

• 3G, 4G spectrum license auction begins in Pakistan

  The auction process for 3G and 4G spectrum licenses in Pakistan began on Wednesday and is expected to revolutionise the telecom sector and raise more than $1.3 billion, the sector's regulator said.

• NDTV exclusive: Raja would be happiest person if he read 2G report, says PC Chacko

  Congressman PC Chacko is under attack for absolving the Prime Minister and Finance minister P Chidambram of any role in the telecom scam. As head of a parliamentary committee that studied the swindle, Mr Chacko has been accused by the opposition of engineering "a Congress document" that saves his own leaders and indicts former Telecom Minister A ...

• 2G scam: Opposition furious at clean chit to PM, Chidambaram; Chacko says anger expected

  A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) appointed to study the 2G scam has said in its report that neither the Prime Minister nor Finance Minister P Chidambaram were aware of the malpractices of then Telecom Minister A Raja which allowed ineligible companies to grab cheap mobile network licenses with second-wave or 2G airwaves thrown in for free.

• 2G scam: CBI says it doesn't know who taped conversations, or why

  A Parliament panel will today examine the CBI's allegation that its lawyer in the 2G telecom case was colluding with a representative of one of the companies accused of criminal conspiracy and cheating to land an out-of-turn mobile network license in 2008 from then Telecom Minister A Raja.

• After flop 2G auction, government challenges its auditor (CAG)

  The government may have raised just over 9,000 cores from its auction of second-generation (2G) mobile phone airwaves, but the poor sales help to make a politically expedient point - the revenue raised now is at par with what the government earned in 2008, when licenses were sold to cellphone operators in a process allegedly manipulated by corrupti...

• Why is only some spectrum, not all, being auctioned: Supreme Court to government

  The Supreme Court has asked the government to explain why it is not auctioning all the spectrum that was linked to 122 mobile network licenses cancelled in February this year. The auction is scheduled for November 12.

• 2G scam: BJP demands PM's explanation on 36,000-crore license fee suggestion

  The head of the joint parliamentary committee that's probing the 2G spectrum scam has told NDTV that it's not the responsibility of the Prime Minister to fix the spectrum entry fee for players wanting 2G telecom licences. That's the job of the Telecom Regulator and the Telecom Ministry, JPC chief PC Chacko has said.

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  Supreme Court directs government to complete 2G spectrum auction by Jan 11

  The Supreme Court today directed the Government to complete fresh auction of cancelled 122 2G spectrum licences by January 11, 2013.