3g On the Backburner ; As the Rest of the World Switches On to Next Generation Telecom Networks, India Seems to Stay Well Behind the Curve, Largely Due to Warring Authorities Who Can't Seem to Agree On What Should Be Done and a Hysterical Defence Establishment Who Guard 'Their' Spectrum Zealously.

Business Today (August 10, 2008)

Author: Kushan Mitra

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As the rest of the world switches on to next generation telecom networks, India seems to stay well behind the curve, largely due to warring authorities who can't seem to agree on what should be done and a hysterical defence establishment who guard 'their' spectrum zealously.

Also readInterest rate muddlePN-1 may be scrappedAnd a few weeks after the Department of Telecom announced the impending announcement of norms, the trust vote in Parliament has put the policy on hold yet again.

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3g On the Backburner ; As the Rest of the World Switches On to Next Generation Telecom Networks, India Seems to Stay Well Behind the Curve, Largely Due to Warring Authorities Who Can't Seem to Agree On What Should Be Done and a Hysterical Defence Establishment Who Guard 'Their' Spectrum Zealously.

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