Vodafone, Idea asked to stop

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NEWDELHI: The telecom department (DoT) on Friday asked the Indian arm of Vodafone and Idea Cellular B to stop offering 3G services outside their licensed zones within three days, and slapped fines of Rs 550 crore and Rs 300 crore, respectively, on these companies. With this the Centre has extended its crackdown on mobile operators offering these high-end data services in areas where they do not have permits to provide these facilities. In a related development, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea by Bharti Airtel to immediately hear its appeal against the Delhi High Court order on Thursday which virtually prevents the company from providing 3G services in seven circles. A bench of the apex court headed by justice RM Lodha will hear Bharti Airtel's plea against the High Court decision on Monday, the court said during an urgent out-of-turn mentioning. With the apex court failing to give it relief, DoT has ordered Bharti to shut down 3G services within 24 hours in circles where it does not have its own frequencies to offer these. On Thursday, a panel of judges of the Delhi High Court quashed an earlier order of the court that had prevented the government from discontinuing Bharti Airtel's high-end services in seven regions — Kolkata, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh

 

ARUSI SINGH

 PGDM 2ndSem