61.   Dutch electronics giant Philips Thursday announced it won a contract from the private operator of the ASTRA satellite system for a complete digital broadcast system.

62.   DoT wants to amend the TRAI Act so that the regulator has no jurisdiction over disputes between itself and private operators if those disputes concern licence conditions.

63.   He said Congress should waste no time in liquidating it and turning rail service over to private operators.

64.   However private operators have been putting on a brave face.

65.   However private Israeli operators are still running tour buses to Egypt and many Israelis are flying to Cairo by air or visiting in cruise ships.

66.   However, private operators have largely shied away from entering the local telephone market due to regulatory uncertainties.

67.   If anything, the cost of the leased lines for Internet purposes must be subsidised for all private operators.

68.   In Thailand, the military owns most radio stations and leases them to private operators.

69.   It was also necessary to create the same condition in the postal sector, which would improve the role of private postal operators, he added.

70.   It also said private operators should chip into national funds, which would cover such basic services as emergency fire and police lines.