After HC's Bharti order, DoT takes on Voda, Idea - Financial Express

After Bharti Airtel, the department of telecommunications (DoT) on Friday issued notices to two other firms — Vodafone and Idea Cellular — to immediately stop providing 3G intra-circle roaming services in circles where they do not have spectrum. Vodafone and Idea provide such services in 11 and 6 circles, respectively. Apart from asking the two companies to stop roaming services, the DoT has also slapped a penalty of R550 crore on Vodafone and R300 crore on Idea for violating licence conditions. The development comes a day after the Delhi High Court set aside its earlier stay order that had allowed Bharti Airtel to continue providing such services till further hearing in the case. Bharti provides such services in seven circles and a fine of R350 crore has been imposed on it. Bharti Airtel on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the high court's order and the matter would come up for hearing on April 8. Vodafone has already impleaded itself with Bharti's case. Idea officials said that they are contemplating legal steps against the DoT's order. Interestingly, Idea Cellular had earlier received a stay order from the Delhi HC in a related matter. Idea, which had got fresh licences in seven circles after winning spectrum in November 2012, had moved the HC against the DoT's move of inserting a clause in the licence conditions that it cannot provide 3G intra-circle roaming in these circles. The court had stayed this action of DoT's till further hearing in ... contd. via Business - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH-5chHyCYoCDNMp91CVICncwIZ2Q&url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/after-hc-s-bharti-order-dot-takes-on-voda-idea/1098421

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