Rafale promises a fiery start to 2019. Like Bofors, it may fire the guns for India, but its blows are yet to be seen.

A Delhi court today granted protection to Karti Chidambaram from arrest till April 16 in Aircel-Maxis matter arising out of the 2G spectrum cases lodged by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.

Unless there's a big miracle waiting to happen, the 2G case will unlikely come to an end at least in the lifetimes of those who are part of this alleged scam.

Here's a look at the impact that these two events will have on his fortunes, and his game plan for the future.

The telecom war will enter its bitterest phase in 2018 between the three big players and the other two players will be completely marginalized.

So brace up for more fireworks in the telecom sector in 2018. In the short run, it will also be good for consumers as data offers will get more attractive. In the long run, it will probably not be all that good because just two or three dominant players is never good for the consumer.

After all the accused in 2G spectrum case were acquitted by a special CBI court, the foreign telecom companies affected by the cancellation of licenses in 2012 are planning to drag Indian government to court. BusinessToday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey discusses the matter with Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta and Associate Editor Manu Kaushik.

The 2G technology is slowly rolling into oblivion as 3G and 4G take over. It is doubtful if any of the companies which won the 122 licences would have been able to survive the battle that is taking place now after Jio's entry

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on December 21, 2017 gave clean chit to all accused, including the then telecom minister A Raja, in 2G spectrum allocation case of 2008.

Why the scam will continue to make headlines

The experts believe that operators like Loop Telecom, Russian conglomerate Sistema and Telenor may relook their strategy to recover losses they have incurred due to the flawed procedures followed by the department of telecom (DoT).

The Special Judge put the blame on the CBI and ED by saying that they failed to prove charges against the accused in the infamous 2G case.

In 2010, then Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai in a report had held Raja responsible for causing the state exchequer a loss of Rs 1,76,379 crore by allocating 2G spectrum licenses at throwaway prices.