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A. Raja assures probe into spectrum fraud |
Union Minister of Communications
and Information Technology, A. Raja, has said that action would be taken against
those responsible in the wireless spectrum fraud. "I made it clear any deviation
in the lower level after the policy decision, which was taken by the government,
to show favouritism to a specific company by a lower level officer, it will be
dealt with," Raja said on the sidelines of a function here on Saturday. Raja added
that the spectrum allotment was made under the regulator's guidelines. "I told
the issuance of licences and the spectrum allotted for the licenses were taken
in accordance with the recommendations made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India after the consultations with the Prime Minister," Raja said. India had
awarded several new telecom licences in 2008. On Thursday, the Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) had searched the offices of the Department of Telecom in
connection with alleged irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum to some
new companies. According to CBI sources, a team of its sleuths conducted a search
at Sanchar Bhawan here after registering a case in this connection. In 2008, eight
new companies were given licenses along with bundled 4.4 MHz spectrum to start
mobile services. Earlier, the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) had criticized
the Telecom Ministry for doling out spectrum to a very cheap compared to its actual
market value. The CVC had recommended a CBI probe into the procedures followed
for selecting companies for giving 2G spectrum. |
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