Kiran Rathee And Karan Choudhury

Stories by Kiran Rathee And Karan Choudhury

Prepaid battle won, Jio eyes post-paid war with Rs 199 plan

Prepaid battle won, Jio eyes post-paid war with Rs 199 plan

Rediff.com   13 May 2018

Till now, Jio was primarily targeting the prepaid customer base, with only a few post-paid plans. Now, it is targeting post-paid customers, who usually spend over five times their prepaid counterparts and are more company-loyal.

IndiGo keen to offer Wi-Fi in the sky

IndiGo keen to offer Wi-Fi in the sky

Rediff.com   9 May 2018

Bharti Airtel, the country's largest mobile operator, has already joined the global Seamless Alliance to provide in-flight connectivity.

Post Walmart deal, Flipkart will likely build a $1 bn M&A warchest

Post Walmart deal, Flipkart will likely build a $1 bn M&A warchest

Rediff.com   8 May 2018

Readying its game plan, the Bengaluru-based e-commerce giant plans to renew talks of investments in various companies such as Swiggy, BookMyShow, Pepperfry, UrbanClap

How Google stands to gain from the Flipkart-Walmart mega deal

How Google stands to gain from the Flipkart-Walmart mega deal

Rediff.com   7 May 2018

Google will be able to co-relate data from the first click to the final delivery of product. This kind of knowledge is invaluable, something which even Amazon does not have.

Jio fails to dent market share of top 3 telcos

Jio fails to dent market share of top 3 telcos

Rediff.com   7 May 2018

Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL increase subscriber share while Idea manages to retain

Why retailers are rattled by Walmart-Flipkart deal

Why retailers are rattled by Walmart-Flipkart deal

Rediff.com   6 May 2018

Sellers, especially the smaller ones, are planning to go to court as well as move CCI as they fear that Walmart could bring multiple private labels in India and flood the e-commerce platform with its own products.

DoT may cut levies to boost telecom sector

DoT may cut levies to boost telecom sector

Rediff.com   5 May 2018

As part of the national telecom policy, which is likely to be released next month, various levies and charges including SUC would be reviewed in line with the input tax credit available.

C Vijaykumar on HCL Tech's growth strategy and NexGen products

C Vijaykumar on HCL Tech's growth strategy and NexGen products

Rediff.com   4 May 2018

HCL Technologies is betting big on next-generation services and products that are likely to contribute 40 per cent of its revenues in 2-3 years.

Jio's subscriber revenue rate highest in Q4

Jio's subscriber revenue rate highest in Q4

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2018

The launch of services by Jio in September 2016 had disrupted the whole telecom sector, with operators matching low rates to maintain competitive edge

Now, our netas won't be able to influence us through Facebook

Now, our netas won't be able to influence us through Facebook

Rediff.com   27 Apr 2018

The social media giant promised that news and views will be checked for veracity and pejorative content will be weeded out.

Tech majors seek more time to implement RBI's data onshoring order

Tech majors seek more time to implement RBI's data onshoring order

Rediff.com   21 Apr 2018

Many of India's fintech entities and banks have stored all their customer data in India; however, many do use foreign servers, for operations, providing services and for data analytics.

'Aadhaar is empowerment, not Big Brother'

'Aadhaar is empowerment, not Big Brother'

Rediff.com   20 Apr 2018

In order for somebody to do Big Brother kind of a job, one has to collect lots of data. Aadhaar collects very minimal data whether at the time of enrollment or at the time of authentication.

Govt seeks RBI nod to launch India Post Payments bank

Govt seeks RBI nod to launch India Post Payments bank

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2018

The IPPB, which is currently running pilot services in Raipur and Ranchi, needs a go-ahead from RBI for the software used for system integration

No sharing users' financial data with Facebook, says WhatsApp

No sharing users' financial data with Facebook, says WhatsApp

Rediff.com   14 Apr 2018

Its statement also said Facebook does not use WhatsApp payments information for commercial purposes.

How AI will change India economy

How AI will change India economy

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2018

The catch is the need for a supportive framework in place that allows free and fair use of such technology.

RBI wants customers' financial data stored in India

RBI wants customers' financial data stored in India

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2018

Experts say the new guideline is likely to hurt foreign players more, especially card companies such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express who process and store credit card transaction data outside of India.

Slow take-off for GST e-way bill likely as traders stock up early

Slow take-off for GST e-way bill likely as traders stock up early

Rediff.com   3 Apr 2018

The system has gone through three rounds of testing for its load-bearing capacity.

As user base shrinks, m-wallets put smart money on diversification

As user base shrinks, m-wallets put smart money on diversification

Rediff.com   2 Apr 2018

The last few months have been hard on digital wallets which had a short-lived dream run post-demonetisation.

Hyderabad gets a Microsoft Garage, Bengaluru next

Hyderabad gets a Microsoft Garage, Bengaluru next

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2018

The Hyderabad Garage will collaborate with teams in Silicon Valley, Redmond, Vancouver, Washington, New England, Israel and Beijing.

Uber seeks to soothe frayed nerves after Grab deal

Uber seeks to soothe frayed nerves after Grab deal

Rediff.com   28 Mar 2018

Quelling fears of a takeover by Ola, which is also funded by Uber's major investor SoftBank Group, the US-based cab aggregating giant made it clear that the company was not ceding its position in India, one of its core markets.