‘Market-determined 3G auction soon’

NEW DELHI: PM Manmohan Singh on Friday said that 3G telephony spectrum would be auctioned soon, thus ending the uncertainty generated by reported differences between ministries of telecom and defence on vacation of airwaves.

"I am happy that auction of spectrum for 3G and broadband wireless services will be conducted shortly. In a reform initiative, the government has decided that this spectrum will be allocated at market-determined prices rather than administered one," he said at a telecom conference here.

There were reports that auction of 3G spectrum (air waves) could be delayed beyond scheduled January 14, 2010 and FM Pranab Mukherjee was entrusted with the responsibility of resolving inter-ministerial dispute. The Empowered Group of Ministers, headed by Mukherjee, had late last month cleared over Rs 10,000-crore package for building alternate network for the defence force to get spectrum vacated for commercial use and the same was to go to Cabinet for clearance.

Singh also predicted that India, which already has nearly 488 million mobile users and adds about 15-16 million users a month, could witness robust growth in the sector given the fact that the economic downturn is showing signs of moderation. Meanwhile, communications minister Andimuthu Raja said that the auction of high-speed third-generation wireless frequencies could be completed by March 2010.

PM also assured that all the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country will be provided high speed broadband connectivity by 2012 to remove asymmetry of information and opportunities to the rural population.
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PALLAVI SINGH

PGDM III SEM, 'B'

hundai workers insists on strike

A third strike in nine months loomed large over Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) today with a section of workers saying they will go ahead with a tools-down agitation if the management or the state labour department do not act positively on their demands.
We have given a notice...If we don’t get any positive action from Hyundai management or from the labour department, we will fix the date for going ahead with a strike after December 5,” CITU state general secretary A Soundararajan said.
The CITU-affiliated Hyundai Motor India Employees Union, which has support of about 300 workers, have threatened to go on strike demanding reinstatement of 80 dismissed workers.
Asked if the strike call will not amount to a breach of MoU signed with the management in July, he said: “At that time they told us they would reinstate 80 dismissed employees but they reinstated only 20”.

ASHOK VERMA
PGDM 1sem

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