THE telecom regulator has asked the government to cancel 62 of the 122 licences issued by former telecom minister A Raja under controversial circumstances in 2008 to telecom operators, including joint ventures of international operators such as Telenor ASA , Emirates Telecommunications and Sistema JSFC , because they had not been able to launch services in time.
The recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India — which claims that its views were ignored by Mr Raja — strengthens the possibility that several of the licences issued in 2008 could be revoked.
On an action-packed day, the telecom department, under new minister Kapil Sibal, decided to seek legal opinion on the validity of the telecom licences dished out by Mr Raja after the country’s national auditor said that 70% of these mobile permits were obtained through fraudulent means, an official aware of the development told ET.
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