ABTO lobbies for a slash in duties for CDMA handsets
The speculation continues over whether the cellular operator lobby has asked the Finance Ministry to retain the effective 51% duty currently being imposed on CDMA terminals, the ABTO has fired its own counter salvo.

Hometrade.com ropes in Shah Rukh Hrithik and Sachin for mega launch
It seems like an inflection point for the dotcom sector at large and the e-finance and stocks space in particular, Hometrade.com, a finance, investment and stocks site appears to be planning a lavish commercial launch.

COAI seeks concessional duty for spares
In a pre-budget submission, the cellular operators have urged the Government to extend the concession of 21.8% custom duty being currently levied on new equipment for setting up telecom networks to "spares and up-grades for various cellular mobile equipment under list 12, which currently attracts residual a duty of 53.8%."


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