To check the call drop menace, telecom regulator TRAI will soon put in place a new set of ´service quality benchmarks´, non-adherence to which may lead to stricter penal action against the mobile operators.
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Tag: Rahul Khullar
TRAI Chairman calls for revised telecom M&A guidelines
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that current merger and acquisition (M&A) rules needed to be reworked by the government for any pick up in consolidation activity.
Surat saviour goes to Delhi
The government recently appointed SR Rao as the Commerce Secretary in place of Rahul Khullar who was shifted as the telecom regulator after retirement earlier this month.
Extra time for SEZ projects
The government has given more time to as many as 37 special economic zone (SEZ) developers to execute their projects. At a meeting, the Board of Approval (BoA) headed by Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar also allowed five SEZ developers to surrender their projects
SEZ: The Dealmakers' Dealbreaker
The government's highly motivated optimism on SEZs is not reflected among the practitioners, and it should come as small surprise that after a lengthy wild goose chase by our office, the Commerce Ministry officials kept bouncing us around from bureaucrat to another, confusing matters, and in effect dodging hard questions.

