{"id":105650,"date":"2018-03-27T22:42:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T22:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2018\/03\/27\/idea-vodafone-merger-in-final-stages-of-approval-telecom-secy\/"},"modified":"2018-03-27T22:42:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T22:42:18","slug":"idea-vodafone-merger-in-final-stages-of-approval-telecom-secy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/27\/idea-vodafone-merger-in-final-stages-of-approval-telecom-secy\/","title":{"rendered":"Idea-Vodafone merger in final stages of approval: Telecom Secy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/ABYNELEWCUMTIXUJYRXN.jpg><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The merger between telecom majors Idea Cellular and Vodafone India is in the final stages of approval, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">\u201cThe Idea-Vodafone merger is in the final stages of approval. Because they have got the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) and Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) clearances, but there are some FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) approvals that are involved, there are some liberalisation of licences,\u201d Sundararajan said on the sidelines of an event organised by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">\u201cSo, there are a number of clearances, it is not a one-step clearance,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Sundararajan said the National Telecom Policy was in its final stages of drafting after which it would be taken to the Telecom Commission for approval and then to the government.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The Secretary expressed hope that the roadmap for the fifth-generation (5G) network in India would be ready by June.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Addressing the COAI event on \u2018Catalysing 5G launch in India\u2019, Sundararajan said: \u201cThe 5G technology evolution is expected to enable new services, connecting new industries, various forms of devices, and empower new user experiences, to support expanded connectivity needs for the next decade and beyond.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Said Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, COAI: \u201cThe new standards finalised by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) and this meeting of experts will enable Indian telcos to transition to new technologies while ensuring that the demands of various sectors is well met.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The 3GPP is a mobile communication industry collaboration that organises and manages the standards and development of mobile communications standards.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">\u201cIt develops standards for many of the mobile communications standards from GSM through UMTS and LTE to 5G now,\u201d the COAI said in a statement.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The merger between telecom majors Idea Cellular and Vodafone India is in the final stages of approval, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said on Tuesday. \u201cThe Idea-Vodafone merger is in the final stages of approval. Because they have got the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) and Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) clearances, but there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}