Cell firms object to Reliance pricing

The Cellular Operators’ Association of India has lodged a complaint with TRAI against “Plan 700″ and “Plan 435″ of Reliance which offer unlimited talk time to Reliance phones.
“It is submitted that these tariffs are predatory as the same tariffs and rates are not transparently available to the other access providers, who are its (Reliance Infocomm’s) [...]

DoT opposes STT stake in Idea

The department of telecommunications has opposed a proposal of the Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT) and TM International (TMI) consortium to acquire 47.7 per cent stake in Idea Cellular.
If the proposal is cleared Tamasek would have significant stakes in both Bharti and Idea, which offer services in eight common circles.
At a meeting of the Foreign Investment [...]