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To: slacker711 who wrote (8927)	3/22/2001 11:05:12 AM
From: Cooters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197464

<<I didnt think that Leap's business model would ever be rolled out in the Chicago land area. >> Slacker, There was spectrum in Chicago sold to a private investment group as a result of a merger(BAM/GTE I think). This investment group indicated they wanted to provide a Cricket-type service. This may be in response to that. Cooters

To: slacker711 who wrote (8927)	3/22/2001 12:05:23 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 197464

The legal wrangling is likely to go on in India...luckily they didnt issue an injuction on limited mobility. economictimes.com TDSAT declines to stay limited mobility NEW DELHI THE TELECOM Dispute Settlement and Appelate Tribunal on Wednesday declined to pass an interim order staying the limited mobility offer by basic telecom operators but said the service providers would have to include a clause in the application forms saying the connetion was subject to outcome of the tribunal decision. The private cellular operators had demanded that a line saying ‘money will be refunded to subscribers in case TDSAT stops basic operators from offering limited mobility’, must be included in the application form. TDSAT chairman justice S C Sen said subscribers must be informed that the connection of limited mobility was subject to the outcome of hearing. On the issue between BSNL and private basic and cellular operators over Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s directive to pass on the benefits of reduced long distance charges to private operators, the discussions remained inconclusive. Appearing on behalf of COAI, counsel Gopal Subramaniam said reduction in tariffs by BSNL was part of modifications in Telecom Tariff Order 1999, and it must be applicable to others. He also demanded non-implementation of the reduced tariffs by BSNL till the tribunal took final decision which was contested by BSNL. BSNL, on othe other hand, argued that since TRAI had failed to intervene during stipulated reporting time of five days before announcing alternate tariff plan, there was no reason for them to accept the demand for going back to old rates pending the judgement on this issue. Last week, BSNL had questioned Trai’s jurisdiction while passing such directive to pass on benefits to other service providers. The legal battle began when Trai directed BSNL to provide parity to private operators using BSNL network, after the corporation announced lowering of long distance tariff upto 200 kms while adjusting rentals throughout the country in January this year. TDSAT had earlier stayed Trai’s directive asking BSNL to provide parity to private oprators. (PTI)