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Calcutta TelegraphLicensees caught in 2G tangleCalcutta TelegraphIn January 2008, Raja had granted licences to nine firms: Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB), Unitech Wireless (now Uninor), Loop Telecom, Datacom (now Videocon ...and more »
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Moneycontrol.comCAG names top business tycoon in telecom scamTimes of IndiaThe report, which may be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, specifically focuses on how facts about a top industrialist's substantial stake in Swan Telecom ...Agencies tighten noose on RajaIndia TodayCan 2G scam hit telecom investment?Hindustan TimesHeed the callThe HinduHindu Business Line -Times Now.tv -Daily News & Analysisall 1,142 news articles »
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...proceedings, Bhushan also opposed the stand of DoT that there was no violation of any rules by it while allotting spectrum to Swan Telecom. DoT has submitted that stake of Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Communications was less than 10 per cent when the spectrum...
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What is the 2G spectrum scam about?Economic TimesA new player, Swan Telecom, bought licenses for 13 circles with the necessary spectrum for $340 million but managed to sell a 45-per cent stake in the ...and more »
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What is the 2G spectrum scam about?SifyA new player, Swan Telecom, bought licences for 13 circles with the necessary spectrum for $340 million but managed to sell a 45-percent stake in the ...
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The IT department has started investigating charges against bribery and disproportionate assets against some of the new Telecom operators. www.istream.in
DoT hardens stand on new telcos' networkSify... services under the Uninor brand, in partnership with Norway’s Telenor, Loop Mobile, Datacom, Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB) and STel, among others. ...and more »
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COAI supports tightening of network roll-out obligationsEconomic Times... revised norms and these would apply on all including new telecom licensees such as Swan Telecom , Loop Telecom , Datacom Solutions, among others. ...and more »
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Trai to say: Cancel licences of those sitting on themIndian ExpressIn January 2008, Telecom Minister A Raja had granted licences to nine firms: Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB), Unitech Wireless (now Uninor), Loop Telecom, ...and more »
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...Wireless Ltd (rebranded as Uninor), Loop Telecom, S Tel, Datacom Services (now known as Videocon Mobile) and DB Group-promoted Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB Telecom). In another development, the telecom ministry had told the Supreme Court that the government...
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Swan, Unitech licence under CAG scannerNDTV.comBut in the case of Swan Telecom it seems that the violation goes further. Swan Telecom according to the Comptroller and auditor genral also violated ...Total losses from 2G auction were Rs 1,76379 crore: CAGSifyTelecom firms under scanner in 2G spectrum scamIBNLive.comNo CAG report with DoT: Telecom SecretaryThe HinduEconomic Times -Outlookall 986 news articles »
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Parliament stalled over 2G and other scamsExpress BuzzIn Feb 07, it changed its name to Swan Telecom Pvt ltd.. Swan Telecom P Ltd, was allotted by fraud the 2G Spectrum license by Raja. Swan agreed to invest ...and more »
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NTT Docomo raises concerns over spectrum allotment policiesEconomic TimesIn Delhi, only two new GSM operators -- Reliance Communications and Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB) -- have been allotted start up 4.4 Mhz spectrum. ...and more »
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TelecomTigerTech Mahindra wins $500 million Swan contractEconomic TimesBANGALORE: Tech Mahindra has won around $500 million outsourcing contract from new telecom entrant Swan Telecom. Swan's outsourcing contract, which ...TechM wins outsourcing deal from EtisalatCIOLTechM wins Etisalat contractSiliconindia.comEtisalat India selects Tech Mahindra to provide customer billing ...Wireless FederationTelecompaper (subscription) -TelecomTiger -Moneycontrol.comall 9 news articles »
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News Digest: TringMe, RCOM, Shaadi, IRCTC, FrontLine, Nokia, SBI ...MediaNama.com(ET) Following the move by other telcos to outsource their IT operations, Etisalat DB, which runs new telco Swan Telecom (renamed to Etisalat DB Telecom ...
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TechM bets on Satyam for BPO gainsDaily News & AnalysisMeanwhile, Tech Mahindra has reportedly bagged a IT outsourcing contract worth Rs 900 crore from Etisalat DB Telecom India (Swan Telecom) for providing ...and more »
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DoT, TRAI headed for fight over licence capEconomic TimesSeveral of these companies have alleged DoT changed the cut-off date to September 25 so that only a few select Indian companies, such as Swan, Unitech, ...and more »
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RediffDoCoMo may raise stake in TTSL, hopes returns in next 3 yrsBusiness Standard... Swan, Loop are about to start mobile service in India making the market competitive. But the DoCoMo senior VP says Indian telecom market is overcrowded ...Tata DoCoMo open to buying new players in IndiaHindu Business Lineall 21 news articles »
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No more spectrum allocation till 2G report finalized, says FinminLivemintBesides, smaller and new operators such as Datacom, Unitech Wireless and Swan Telecom are yet to get even start-up spectrum in many regions delaying their ...and more »
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MediaNama.comThe Price Of Mobile Number Portability In India; New Telcos Vs OldMediaNama.comBut Etisalat, which holds 45% stake in Swan Telecom, a new telco, said this would be akin to making a child transferring from a “deficient” school to a ...and more »
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Etisalat DB, which has acquired a 45% stake in new telecoms player Swan Telecom has signed a 10-year tower sharing deal with the hived off infrastructure arm of Reliance Communications. Both companies said that the deal could be worth as much as Rs 10000 crore over this 10-year period. ... video
Calcutta TelegraphTelecom scam may have cost govt Rs 20000 crChandigarh TribuneUnitech sold 67 per cent for Rs. 6120 crores to Norway's Telenor and Swan Telecom sold 45 per cent to Emirates telecommunications Corporation (ETISALAT). n ...Trai wants new licences put on holdEconomic Timesall 41 news articles »
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BSNL eyes Rs 1k cr from tower lease outFinancial ExpressRecently, new telecom operators such as Telenor controlled Unitech Wireless and Swan Telecom entered into tower sharing pacts with Tata Teleservices Ltd and ...and more »
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...asked its officers for comments on the allegations. The Commission had earlier asked the DoT to submit all files related to Swan Telecom to track the changes in shareholding of the company. Swan had come under the Central Vigilance Commission’s scanner after...
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TelecomTigerSwan licence: DoT officers under lensHindu Business LineThe Commission had earlier asked the DoT to submit all files related to Swan Telecom to track the changes in shareholding of the company. ...Swan under DoT lens over ownership allegationsTelecomTigerall 2 news articles »
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Rt Hon Lord Mandelson - UK Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform opens the Zeitgeist Europe conference speaking about government's role in the credit crisis and the changing nature of the relationship between finance, governments and citizens.
Calcutta TelegraphCell newbies clear air on shareholdingCalcutta Telegraph, IndiaNew Delhi, May 6: Mobile newcomers Loop Telecom and Swan Telecom have said that their shareholding patterns conformed to government guidelines. The government had sought clarifications on Essar's holding in Loop and Reliance Telecom's in Swan. ...
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Voice & Data OnlineLet the War BeginVoice & Data Online, IndiaThe new telecom players having received license in January 2008 are likely to roll out services in the next three-to-four months. With the backing of foreign telcos, service providers like Loop Telecom, Swan Telecom, Unitech Wireless and Sistema Shyam ...
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New Zealand HeraldNews Section NavigationNew Zealand Herald, New ZealandIt certainly feels like it after the losses of the last year, which many say is a 'Black Swan' event that will never be repeated. The trouble is they are repeated every 50-60 years and often the stock market takes 20-30 years to recover. ...
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Business StandardSunil Jain: Dialling trouble in telecomBusiness Standard, IndiaThat there were enough loopholes was borne out by Unitech getting into a deal with Telenor and Swan with Etisalat, but even this farce is now being given up. The same bunch of people who argued existing telecom firms had enough spectrum and that new ...
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Calcutta TelegraphLoop to brave hurdlesCalcutta Telegraph, IndiaThe ministry is also investigating the ownership structure of Swan Telecom where Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications could be holding more than the stipulated 10 per cent stake. The Essar group owns 33 per cent in its joint venture with Vodafone ...
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New Zealand Herald$1m plus for Super City chiefNew Zealand Herald, New ZealandThe chief executive will control a $3 billion-plus budget, 6000 staff and $28 billion worth of assets - seven times the market capitalisation of Telecom. Grant Hewison, a local government expert with law firm Kensington Swan, said the job would match ...
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Emirates Business 24/7Etisalat's profit up, eyes Syria, Lebanon expansionEmirates Business 24/7, United Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates' largest of two phone companies bought a 45 per cent stake in new Indian operator Swan Telecom for about $900 million last year. India, home to more than a billion people is the second-largest wireless market in the world. ...
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TopNewsEricsson set to grab multimillion dollar GSM rollout contract from ...TopNews, IndiaOne of the largest companies of Sweden – Ericsson is all set to grab a multimillion dollar GSM rollout contract from Swan Telecom. The Business Line has reported that Ericsson is set to get the contract for rolling out cellular network for Swan Telecom ...Ericsson set to bag Swan contract, says report TelecomTigerall 5 news articles
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TelecomTigerDoT replies to CVC; links first-cum-first served policy to Trai ...TelecomTiger, IndiaThe Telecom Secretary, Siddharth Behura has provided detailed explanation to the PMO as well as the CVC on two issues, the policy of first-cum-first-served adopted by DoT in granting licences to new players and the deals of Swan as well Unitech with ...
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...watchdog Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has summoned all files relating to Swan Telecom from the department of telecommunications (DoT) for various investigations. In particular CVC wants to know the shareholding pattern of the company and how it has changed...
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Tolhurst (ASX:TNL) shareholders have agreed to a merger of the struggling stockbroker with Patersons Securities. Patersons re-opened for business yesterday after its merger with the Tolhurst stockbroking operation. Important Corporate News The national secretary of the Finance Sector Union, Leon Carter, warned that on a conservative analysis, the jobs of up to 3000 processing and other back-office roles in Westpac (ASX:WBC) and St George were at risk after the merger of the two banks in ...
TelecomTigerRecession effect: Telenor gets 7.25% more in Unitech for $1.2 billionTelecomTiger, IndiaRecession is clearly visible on the telecom sector, especially in telecom deals in India . A classical example is Unitech-Telenor deal. Today (March 17, 2009) Unitech announced that Telenor will now get 67.25% equity holding in Unitech Wireless for a ...
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Zee NewsIntense competition can erode profitability of telcos: KotakZee News, India... Shyam, Loop, Swan, STel)," Kotak Securities said in a report. The analyst firm said the strategic interests of established global telcos like Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, SingTel, Telecom Malaysia, Maxis, Sistema, Telenor, Etisalat and Batelco and further ...
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...There are a number of new entrants coming into the markets which include Swan-Etisalat, Unitech-Telenor, S Tel-Batelco and Datacom. Telecom tower operators will also benefit from the launch of 3G services in India. There are other independent operators like...
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IT ExaminerTRAI locks in foreign promotersIT Examiner, IndiaLast year, DoT had suggested that existing telecom licensing guidelines be amended and a three- to five-year lock-in imposed on the sale of promoters’ equity in new entrants. The new telecom players that obtained licences in 2008 are Swan Telecom, ...TRAI Recommends 3-Year Lock-In Period For Promoters' Equity For UASL RTT NewsTrai leash on newbies Calcutta TelegraphTrai sets in three year lock-in period over stake sale TelecomTigerZee Newsall 49 news articles
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...to five-year lock-in be imposed on the sale of equity of promoter(s) in new entrants, including Swan, Shyam, Unitech, Loop Telecom, S Tel and Datacom, which were all given licences in early 2008. The DoT referred this proposal to the telecom regulator. On...
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...we welcome the move — this will bring down tariffs and benefit the Indian telecom consumer.” Though the new players, including Swan, Loop, Unitech and Reliance Communications, were lobbying for a complete waiver of the charge, the 10 paise reduction will...
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Hindu Business LineTelecom tariffs likely to come down from AprilHindu Business Line, IndiaThe TRAI has announced this now and we welcome the move — this will bring down tariffs and benefit the Indian telecom consumer.” Though the new players, including Swan, Loop, Unitech and Reliance Communications, were lobbying for a complete waiver of ...TRAI slashes termination fee, mobile tariffs to drop further RTT NewsCall rates to go cheaper from April 1 TopNewsall 67 news articles
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MaktoobStock markets recover despite corporate gloomMaktoob, United Arab Emirates"Although the Australian economy has held up better than most other economies, the inevitable impact of the global recession is clearly evident in today's data," said Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan. Governments continued to forge stimulus efforts, ...
http://business.maktoob.com/NewsDetails-20070423214114-Stock_markets_recover_despite_corporate_gloom.htm
Straits Times'Sickening' executive payStraits Times, Singapore'To see that a privileged few are doing so well at a time when thousands of workers are being retrenched is frankly sickening,' Treasurer Wayne Swan told reporters. The Greens party announced it would move legislation in parliament to cap salaries at a ...
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...Delhi: Coming to the rescue of new telecom licensees like Unitech Wireless, Datacom, Loop Telecom and Swan Telecom, the government has postponed and staggered the penalties liable for failing to meet year-one rollout obligations. The relief is a result of...
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