MTNL Gives Back Cell Links There Are No Necessary Evils by Sanjay Anand in Government
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OID‰‰‰†‰KOID‰‰‰†‰OID‰‰‰†‰MOID‰‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Monday,January 20, 2003 Capital 34 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Fearful Saudi leaders S M Krishna faces revolt Agassi, Ferreira move seek a way to oust from within Cong after up; Davenport crashes Saddam Hussein Deshmukh’s ouster out of Australian Open Page 13 Page 10 Page 20 WIN WITH THE TIMES Established 1838 Tragedy on Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. MTNL gives back cell links There are no necessary evils By Sanjay Anand in government. Its evils exist TIMES NEWS NETWORK INTERCONNECTIVITY MESS only in its abuses. ropeway: 7 — Andrew Jackson New Delhi: Cellphone users What went wrong? How was it fixed? were suddenly able to connect to For most of the weekend, cellular subscribers No one really knows. MTNL officials remained MTNL networks on Sunday after- NEWS DIGEST were not able to connect to MTNL phones unavailable for comment, but cellular officials noon, ending the two-day cell- and vice versa. said that their networks were working. MTNL connectivity problems. McDonald’s outlet stormed: Cellular operators AirTel and Why did it happen? What’s next? die, 60 saved Activists of the Sarvadharm Jivdaya Hutch confirmed that their sub- MTNL disrupted traffic because cellular operators Networks should work on Monday as cellular Samiti stormed a McDonald’s outlet scribers were able to talk to have been blocking WLL calls coming from operators explain their stand to the telecom TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI in Vadodara asking it remove display MTNL users from about 2 pm, but MTNL network. regulator, TRAI. boards saying beef was not served Pavagadh (Gujarat): Seven were unable to provide reasons there. P11 persons were killed and 20 in- for the restoration. Telecom networks of cell firms cell users pay basic operators. may also hear cell firms’ plea jured, when three of the ten Punnpur affair: In a low-key affair, ‘‘It was just like power going off and Indicom are not yet intercon- The parity, they say, will help against TRAI, BSNL, MTNL and cable cars on the ropeway to Congress president and then coming back,’’ said nected because the two sides are cell operators make incoming ca- Indicom on the interconnectivity a Mahakali temple in the Sonia Gandhi hand- Hutch VP, sales and marketing, fighting on commercial terms. lls free much like WLL-M (mobile war. Then cellular firms have to Panchmahals district col- ed over the keys of Harit Nagpal. AirTel officials Cellular operators resented the wireless in local loop) service. show cause to TRAI for continu- the house con- lapsed on Sunday. said a similar thing. fact that state-owned companies Cellular companies are op- ing to block Indicom’s calls from The deceased, including a structed by the It is believed that connectivity AICC to Ram Bha- MTNL (which operates in Delhi posed to basic phone companies MTNL/BSNL. TRAI also has to woman and a five-year-old The mishap occurred between MTNL and private cellu- • jan, the Dalit from and Mumbai) and BSNL (which (like Indicom, HFCL and Re- hear a complaint against MTNL’s boy,have been identified. on a mountain ropeway lar companies in Delhi was re- Punnpur who was operates in the rest of the coun- liance) being allowed to provide two-day connectivity disruption. This is the first mishap on to the pilgrim town of stored after some intervention by given a helping try) were taking away Indicom’s WLL-M, without being provided Meanwhile, communications the 700-metre ropeway be- Pavagadh senior government officials. hand by Priyanka Gandhi. P8 traffic, bypassing them. a level playing field. minister Pramod Mahajan will tween Macchi and Pavagadh, • Sixty pilgrims were Cell firms alleged that MTNL They blocked Indicom’s and Sunday’s restoration of servic- kick off a three day Supercomm a pilgrim town on a hill in BJP media units: BJP president trapped in seven cable was behind the service disrup- HFCL’s traffic on MTNL and es, said industry officials, needed India exhibition. Panchmahals. More than 50 cars dangling in the air Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday asked tion because cell-cell networks BSNL and have not restored it to be followed by a proper net- Comment: In the interest of the his party’s media units to highlight cable cars operate daily on • An inquiry has been continued to work. They did not even after a show cause from the work, interconnection deals and industry — and most importantly terrorism, illegal immigrants from the ropeway between Macchi ordered into the mishap rule out the possibility that Bangladesh, religious conversion telecom regulator, TRAI. resolution of the WLL-M case. in the interest of the consumer — and Pavagadh, which was • Eyewitnesses say the and the performance of the NDA MTNL could have retaliated after Cell operators are demanding On Monday, the telecom dis- the authorities should ensure commissioned 14 years ago. ropeway’s pulley came government. P7 cell firms continued to block the that basic phone companies pay pute tribunal, TDSAT, will begin a level playing field so that The mishap occurred off, leading to the calls of Tata Indicom that were them Rs 1.20 per call for connect- proceedings on the WLL-M case there are no further glitches in around noon, when one of collapse 24 hurt in blast: About 24 per- being routed through MTNL. ing with their subscribers like on the Supreme Court’s order. It connectivity. the ropeway’s cables snapp- sons were wounded in a grenade ed. It hurled three cable cars blast in a crowded market in Kulgam AFP He fell from the cable car into a trench. Seven cable in Pulwama district in south Kashmir on to a wire mesh, supposed on Sunday. Militants also killed an Pak action a cars were dangling in the air, trapping 60 pilgrims. All of to serve as a safety net in case ASI of the STF and his son in Bandi- of accidents. pora in Baramulla district. P11 them were rescued by Army violation of and Air Force personnel. Deepak’s father was still Waterfowls for dinner: A com- ‘‘All the 60 people trapped missing while his mother plaint lodged with the Orissa chief in seven cable cars were was in a semi-conscious state minister says that at least 100 mi- code: MEA rescued in an operation in the hospital. She sustained gratory waterfowls from the Chilka TIMES NEWS NETWORK injuries on her back, chest, lake were cooked and served at a that lasted seven hours,’’ Panchmahals district super- legs and hands. Deepak’s birthday dinner party hosted at the New Delhi: India has taken intendent of police N sister Ansuya said, ‘‘It was Bhubaneswar Club by senior IAS of- serious note of the harass- our annual badha. We come ficer Priyabrata Patnaik. P11 Kumar said. ment of its charge d’affaires According to some reports, for darshan every year, but Genome music: Spanish scien- in Pakistan, Sudhir Vyas. onlookers set ablaze the of- this was hardly what I tists have turned the human genome Vyas’ vehicle was blocked fice of Usha Braco, a Kolkata- thought it would be like. The into music. The end product is several times by intelligence based private company that badha was for me.’’ Genoma Music, a 10-tune CD, due officials while he was going manned the ropeways. Deepak’s uncle Bhikhu to be out in February. The melodies to attend engagements in Is- Tadvi said, ‘‘My sister were influenced, even dictated, by A magisterial inquiry has lamabad on Saturday. been ordered into the Jenuben, her husband the mood and rhythm of the underly- ‘‘We have received reports Govindbhai and Deepak ing genetic code. P12 mishap. According to eyewit- of tailing and harassment of nesses, the ropeway’s pulley were in the cable car. Deep- England qualify: England quali- Vyas (currently holding the came off, when three trolleys ak’s skull broke and the fied for the finals of the triangular charge in the absence of In- dashed against a beam. Halol PHC could do nothing one-day series despite losing to dia having any high commis- While three injured have except bandage it. He was lat- Australia by four wickets at Adelaide sioner in Pakistan),’’ exter- been admitted to a hospital in er sent here... They fell from Oval on Sunday. P18 nal affairs ministry Panchmahals district, 17 the cable car on to the wire spokesperson Navtej Sarna have been shifted to a Vado- mesh, but they bounced off.’’ by Laxman YOU SAID IT said on Sunday. dara hospital. Jaswantiben Patel (30) ‘‘This is part of a pattern A mixed sense of relief, from the Baroda Dairy es- of harassment of Indian grief and shock gripped the caped the disaster with mi- diplomats followed by Pak- survivors. norinjuries as the cable col- istani agencies. It is in viola- Among the injured admit- lapsed when they were close tion of the bilateral code ted to the SSG Hospital in to the starting point. ‘‘I was of conduct, international Vadodara was five-year-old lucky, I was close to the Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan lead the funeral procession of literary giant and poet norms as well as the Vienna Deepak Patel. He succumbed ground,’’ she said. Harivanshrai Bachchan in Mumbai on Sunday. Obituary on page 10 Convention,’’ added Sarna. to severe head injuries. Picture on page 8 Fog blinds all traffic in city TIMES NEWS NETWORK braving chilly winds. STRANDED AGAIN Over 54 trains were either can- New Delhi: Fog disrupted air and • The prolonged spell of fog celled or rescheduled due to fog.