Telecom Secretary News

The government will set up a platform for consumers to provide direct feedback on call drops in the next one month, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday.

With the issue over call drops refusing to die down, Telecom Secretary J S Deepak will meet with CEOs of mobile service providers to discuss that and much more.

New Delhi: Telecom Secretary J S Deepak will deliberate on the problem of call drop, investments in the sector and ongoing policy reforms with CEOs of service providers on June 10.

 The Department of Telecom plans to issue e-KYC norms within a month which would help in activating mobile phone connections in a few minutes.

Special CBI Judge O P Saini, who was scheduled to pass the order on framing of charges as well as order on the bail plea of Ghosh, deferred it saying the order is not yet ready.

Former Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh, who was chargesheeted in the 2002 additional spectrum allocation case, today told a Delhi court that his decision to give surplus radio waves was in line of the government policy and no criminal offence was committed by him.

Speaking at a FICCI event here, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg said the spectrum sharing and trading guidelines have almost been finalised at the department level and Cabinet note has been circulated.

The MTNL stock was up 19.88 per cent to Rs 19.90 apiece in the afternoon trade.

Garg said India is importing about Rs 50,000 crore worth of electronic products while the exports are just in the range of Rs 20,000-Rs 25,000 crore.

Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg has stressed upon the need to improve decision making and directed that administrative action be taken against officials delaying the project.

Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg is scheduled to hold his first round-table meeting with the industry players to discuss problems in the sector and the proposals to resolve them.

The amount of Rs 20,000 crore will come through the Universal Services Obligation Fund.