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New Delhi, Jan. 6 After getting a refund of Rs 112 crore from the Government, Reliance Communications has now moved telecom tribunal blaming the Department of Telecom for withdrawing an approval to offer both GSM and CDMA services in six circles.

DoT had initially given approval to RCom to offer dual technology in all the circles, but later withdrew the permission in 6 regions after it realised that Reliance was already providing GSM-based services under a different subsidiary.

RCom has alleged that despite giving in-principle- approval for six circles - Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Kolkata and West Bengal - on October 18, 2007, the Department of Telecom withdrew the approval after a gap of over one year.

The company further contended that DoT had accepted the payment of Rs 112.56 crore towards entry fee for the spectrum for these six circles.

The company said that before applying for dual technology, RCom had informed DoT that its subsidiary, Reliance Telecom Ltd, was already operating GSM services in the 6 circles. RCom submitted in the petition that DoT was aware of the presence of its subsidiary company, Reliance Telecom, and still accepted the payment after calculating the entry fee for the six circles.

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