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2G SCAM STATUS: HOW IT CAN
BE HANDLED?
Presented By : Roll No
Gajanan Tandale 32
Deepti Tikekar 34
Sonal Yadav 36
Sagar Zawar 38
Supriya Amin 40
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WHAT IS 2G??
Second-generation wireless telephonetechnology
Use digital signaling
Relatively new technology in the field of
mobile
Not just a network but a good technology
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ADVANTAGES
Increase sound quality by reducing static andlowering the noise
Lower power emissions
Batteries can be smaller
Require less battery power
SMS and email
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WHAT IS 2G SCAM??
Entire country is divided into 22 Telecom
Circles
For every Circle , a separate telecom
license is issued
Licenses with start-up spectrum (4.2 MHz)
were issued for mobile services
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WHAT IS 2G SCAM??
Gov. awarded 122 telecom licenses with 2Gspectrum in 2008
Rates were according to year 2001
Ignored current market value of the spectrum
As a Result Mobile subscriber base had shotup to 350 million in 2008 from 4 million in2001
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FACTS
Government of India Officials
Undercharging mobile telephony companies
Frequency allocation licenses
Cut-off date for applications advanced by a week
Licenses issued on a first-come-first-served basis
No proper auction process followed, no bids
invited
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FACTS
Ignored advice of TRAI, Law Ministry, FinanceMinistry , Finance Ministry
TRAI had recommended auctioning of spectrumat market rates.
Mobile subscriber base:
2001 : 4 million
2008 : 350 million
The private companies sold their equities toforeign telecom companies at a very high price
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PARTIES ACCUSED
Politicians
A K Raja
M K Kanimozhi
Corporate Personalities
Anil Ambani
Vinod Goenka
Venugopal Dhoot
Media Persons
Barkha Dutt
Vir Sanghvi
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COMPANIES INVOLVED
Unitech, Swan Telecom got licenses
without any prior telecom experience
Criteria ignorance
Loss estimated to be 176,645 crore
Unitech(sold 45% )
SWAN(sold 60%)
License price Rs.1537 crore Rs. 1661 crore
Sale of stake Rs.4200 crore Rs. 6200 crore.
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UNETHICAL ISSUES
Unofficial work for the sake of money
Low maintenance or a well centralized
Administration
Misuse of corporate ethics policies asmarketing instruments
Too much power in hands of very few
Wrong use of power for unethical work
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UNETHICAL ISSUES
No morality
Absence of fair competition
Ignored main aim of the Government : ServingPeople
Personal greed puts business ethics at stake
No Transparency
Amendment of rules and regulations
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STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT
Set up a special branch of CBI
Telecom Minister resigns his post
CBI arrested A Raja
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VIEWS
For Companies
Code of Conduct
Revaluation of business
Framing Special policies
Fair competition
Understanding Social Responsibilities
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VIEWS
For Government Strict laws and penalties
Public notices for taking actions against accused
Different regulatory authorities and policies
Separation of Duties
Collection of information for every collaborationwith foreign company