Ruling in favour of Bharti Airtel, international IPR watchdog WIPO has directed a Saint Kitts-based company to transfer the domain name bhartiairtel.com to the domestic telecom major. Saint Kitts-based Marketing Total had registered the domain bhartiairtel.com in its name and has been sponsoring links to other websites offering cellular phone services and sale of phones, […]

TDSAT on Friday rejected Bharti Tele-Ventures’ petition for refund from BSNL and MTNL on claims of excessive billing of interconnect charges. Bharti Tele-Ventures, now known as Bharti Airtel, had interconnect pacts with BSNL and MTNL for its STD and ISD networks. The telco had challenged circulars issued by the PSUs through which they changed the

Vodafone Essar has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the right of the tax authorities to levy a capital gains tax on it. The writ is aimed at preventing the income-tax department from taking further action. The I-T department had issued a showcause notice to Vodafone Essar as to why it