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A fund for fixed lines

OWING to apprehensions that with telecom reforms, the profit-driven private sector will not fulfil the social obligation of extending service to "unde
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A woman in Shilarajnagar village in West Medinipur district of West Bengal making a call to her son in Punjab, using a WLL phone from her door-step. The Gram Sanchar Sevak operator and postman sits beside the caller.-PARTH SANYAL

Reform in reverse

The proposed amendment to the Indian Telegraph Act to permit cellular service providers access to the USO Fund will be an undesirable shift in the exi
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Left party activists protest against the government decision.-RAVEENDRAN/AFP

Alternatives to FDI

In deciding to increase the FDI limit in the telecom sector to 74 per cent, the UPA government has ignored other important options to increase investm
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