HEADLINES
JOBS
COM:PORT
POLICY POLICE
ARCHIVES

The policy and other stories

• Finally final: After an interminable wait the ISP policy is official. Or was it ;-)

And here's a recap on all things TRAI, VSNL and MTNL:

T H E   J I N X

• Reboot, says TRAI • VSNL can make hay • MTNL stock shocked • Policy & other stories

• DoT plays dentist with TRAI, the telecom watchdog
• VSNL sore over UTI's criticism
• An interview with VSNL Chairman B K Syngal
• VSNL bans Web telephony. Then plans its own service
• Cellular services are making big losses
• TRAI still indecisive about MTNL's going cellular
• Internet policy delayed once again
• MTNL can do mobile business, says TRAI
• MTNL GDR is priced at Rs 235
• DoT makes Net game absurd for railways, power grid
• MTNL GDR announced
• Cellular operators want a stay on MTNL's mobile venture
• DoT may ask ISPs bank guarantees of Rs 1m
• Yet another set of ISP rules revealed
• ISP license details announced
• An 'implementation panel' is translating the ISP policy into practice
• ISP guidelines trickle in
• The year is 1998. And MTNL is the friendly neighbourhood ISP
• Die Hard: VSNL lives!
• VSNL's Rs 600 million plan to remain in the ISP game
• MTNL begins testing its WLL mobile phone service
• Email providers keen on becoming ISPs
• The ISP trigger's been pulled. But it will take a month to set the rules
• MTNL wants to ring out the old regime but needs autonomy

T H E   J I N X

• Reboot, says TRAI • VSNL can make hay • MTNL stock shocked • Policy & other stories

• Internet policy thrills NASSCOM
• Let the revolution begin
• It takes three to monopolise
• Binary illogic: DoT, DoE squabble over Net policy

Tell us what you think of this story