Ratan Tata’s Rescue of Nira Radia Unwarranted – Another Stage Act by Nira ?
Ratan Tata is no doubt one of the best CEOs of India Inc. I am deeply touched by generous contributions to the victims of Taj Group Employees after 26/11, which no CEO has ever done. However, when it comes to Telecommunications, Ratan Tata / Tata Group for some reason never got the line established with the right number
In 2005, I wrote to Ratan Tata directly questioning Tata Power’s investment in VSNL Broadband Read more
Barkha Dutt – Nira Radia Tapes Power Broking between Congress – DMK
This is not really related to Telecom / Broadband, However, Barkha Dutt, the Editor in Chief who acted like a Holy Goddess against one of the blogger C. Kunte when he wrote an Article Titles Shoddy Journalism and made him apologize.
What do you have to say about these tapes Ms Barkha Dutt ?
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2G Spectrum Scam – Dirty Government – Leaked Wiretaps
I hate to write about Dirty Political , Bureaucrats, Lobbyists, Businessmen and Journalist’s doing shady deals. However, the 2G Spectrum Scam of India which I wrote about almost 2 years ago is now at the center stage.
I am doing nothing new here but linking to the Original Wiretap and Transcript as Google is increasingly polluted with useless and third rate duplicate content in its search engine. Let our readers enjoy and understand the dirty Face of Nira Radia, A . Raja, Congress Government etc.
Update 12:39: Open the Magazine Website is Down. Hence I am hosting the Transcript here which will be removed once their site is up and running.
In this set of conversations, Raja has a message to be relayed to the chief of Bharti Airtel, even as Niira Radia appears to advise him to keep a distance from the chief of Reliance Communications, Anil Ambani, in the apparent interests of policy neutrality in the telecom sector
Transcript – 1 [ Courtesy OpentheMagazine.com]
A discussion on perceptions of Raja’s capabilities, the DMK patriarch’s senility (as it seems), his son Alagiri’s attitude and other things of mind, and their implications.
In this phone conversation, Raja is keen to know from Niira Radia if his ‘case is clear’. She affirms as much, and advises him on being ‘neutral’.
Bharti Airtel – Con Call – All Voice about African Wireless
Bharti Airtel reported Sept-10 quarterly results and as expected financial sheet was not good looking. However, you have to overlook the financial for the next 2 or 3 quarters and look at the actions by management, really especially in Africa where it has operations in 16 countries. Excerpts from the Results and Con Call,
- Let me begin with my favorite Topic -The Fat Pipe – Broadband Subscriber base of Airtel Broadband stood at 1.369 Mn with an ARPU / Month of Rs 954. Sanjay Kapoor of Airtel said that the company is now serving majority of the customers with a broadband speed of atleast 512 Kbps. 10,000 Km of 1.4 Terrabit pipe connecting East African Countries.
- Airtel Wireless Operations – With multiplicity of SIM / Mobiles in the hands of consumers, we shift our yardstick to measure Read more



