Action is hotting up in the telecom space, with Russian giant Sistema in preliminary discussions with Aircel to pick up an equity stake.
Though reserve for CDMA, there were no bidders for the spectrum in the recent auction. GSM operators could buy it to launch 4G and 3G services.
Airtel operates as Airtel-Vodafone in Jersey and Guernsey to offer Vodafone trademarks in the British Channel Islands.
Siva Group had mandated JM Financial to hunt for a buyer, but investors shied away from the Indian telecom industry.
Company proposes to in-source manufacturing and build healthy portfolios of national and regional brands.
The Aditya Birla group, led by Kumar Mangalam Birla, has taken charge of its mutual fund joint venture with Sun Life Financial of Canada by buying 1 per cent stake from the latter.
After refarming, over 142.5 MHz of spectrum is expected to be available for auctioning next year.
A source with knowledge of the matter claimed Dabur might have already approached the two companies, without revealing further details.
Talks in final stages, but both sides deny move.
With bouyant demand in domestic market, increasing exports, the co would need to set up a second manufacturing plant in about three years.
Bharti Infratel is a provider of telecom towers and related infrastructure and on a consolidated basis, is one of the largest in India, "based on the number of towers that Bharti Infratel owns and operates and the number of towers owned or operated by Indus, that are represented by Bharti Infratel's 42 per cent equity interest in Indus," according to the offer document.
Market leader with 20.6% share in the air conditioning segment.
Govt to bear Rs 12k-cr cost of spectrum retention but without any cash outgo put up for Cabinet nod.
Actis was earlier negotiating with other private equity players, but changed its strategy after the government opened retail sector to foreign companies.
In a slowing Indian market, where intense competition is already squeezing margins, this is evidence of another pressure that consumer electronics firms are dealing with.
Targeting mostly the mid and mid-premium market, Wyndham will bring in globally established brands like Howard Johnson and Hawthorn Suits to India over the next five years, said Wyndham's managing director, Frank Trampert.
Piqued by the number of states opting to ban the production, sale and marketing of gutkha, a group of manufacturers under the aegis of the Smokeless Tobacco Association have issued print ads saying it is unfair to ban their products when the tobacco content in these is lower than that in cigarettes.
The new packaging norms, which will kick in on November 1, will push up the product prices.
Meru Cabs, launched in 2006, has everything going for it: A credible brand, loyal customers and a transparent pricing mechanism and technology. But, the only thing missing is profits. Meru wants to change that now. Says Meru CEO Siddhartha Pawha: FY13 will be focused towards achieving the last target.
In fact, when it comes to engaging fans on social networking sites such as Facebook, Indian brands have done better than their global peers -- in terms of growth rate and in some cases, even in the absolute number of fans.
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