Trai notice to VSNL

New Delhi, Feb. 27: Telecom regulator Trai has served a show-cause notice to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) for violating licence conditions by selling international calling cards ? Tata Indicom outbound prepaid calling card ? saying VSNL cannot sell these cards directly to consumers. Trai has sought explanation from the Tatas-owned VSNL on various issues, including technical details on the routing of calls with diagrams and inter-carrier billing for such calls, caller-line identification as received by the called party, numbering plan and issues relating to the ADC settlement.

Gas deal

New Delhi, Feb. 27: India, Bangladesh and Myanmar will sign by the end of March a tripartite agreement for the laying of a $1-billion Myanmar-India gas pipeline, Union petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said today.

Telecom plan

New Delhi, Feb. 27: An ICICI Securities report on the merger of MTNL and VSNL has said the two companies have extremely divergent views on the proposed issue. The report will be submitted tomorrow.

Tata Power

Mumbai, Feb. 27: Tata Power Co is planning to invest Rs 500 crore to increase the generation capacity at its Trombay plant by 250 MW.

Lever plant

Haridwar, Feb. 27: Consumer goods major Hindustan Lever Limited has opened a state-of-the-art personal care factory here with an initial investment of Rs 130 crore.