SC bans Airtel from extending 3G roaming pact facilities to new customers - Firstpost

Would you like to make Firstpost your default homepage?   Yes | No The Supreme Court today  barred  Bharti Airtel from extending intra-circle roaming facilities to new customers in circles where it does not have 3G licence till its final order but allowed the telecom operator to continue existing operations. Reuters The apex court will now hear the 3G intra-circle roaming case on 9 May. In the meanwhile, it has directed the government to not take any  coercive steps on issue of penalty against Bharti Airtel. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had on March 15 asked the telco to terminate its 3G roaming pacts with other service providers — Vodafone and Idea Cellular— in seven circles in which it does not have licences to offer services. It had also fined Bharti Rs 350 crore for offering 3G services beyond permitted zones. The  Supreme Court on Monday , granted temporary relief to Bharti Airtel in the case, asking the government not to take action against the country's leading telecom service provider until Thursday, April 11. The Department of Telecom  has also issued notices to Vodafone India and Idea Cellular cancelling their intra-circle roaming agreements that allows telcos to offer 3G services in the circles where they do not have spectrum. Today's order is likely to impact these two telcos too since the Supreme Court has made both Vodafone and Idea party to the case. Firstpost encourages open discussion and debate, but please adhere to the rules below, before posting. Comments that are found to be in violation of any one or more of the guidelines will be automatically deleted: Personal attacks/name calling will not be tolerated. This applies to comments directed at the author, other commenters and other politicians/public figures Please do not post comments that target a specific community, caste, nationality or religion. While you do not have to use your real name, any commenters using any Firstpost writer's name will be deleted, and the commenter banned from participating in any future discussions. Comments will be moderated for abusive and offensive language. via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFzrZICdohZ6-FLPmpWmAABXsxpIg&url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/sc-bans-airtel-from-extending-3g-roaming-pact-facilities-to-new-customers-694730.html

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