SUPREME COURT CANCELS 122 TELECOM LICENSES

The Supreme Court ordered the cancellation of all the 122 unified access service licenses issued in January 2008 by former telecom minister A Raja. It also directed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to make fresh recommendations for the telecom spectrum auction route in future, within four months. The number of licenses cancelled for various companies are as follows:

NAME OF THE COMPANY

UNINOR                       22

STEL                             06

ETISALAT                  15

IDEA                            13

VIDEOCON                21

LOOP TELE               21

SISTEMA                    21

TATA                           03

TOTAL                       122