Players like Rohit Sharma or Dinesh Karthik who could never command more than Rs 10 to Rs 15 lakh can now hope to hit Rs 30 lakh for new deals. Bowler Sreesanth's endorsement tag has shot up from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 40 lakh.
In financial year 2006-07, the exchequer earned Rs 2,090 crore (Rs 20.90 billion) as spectrum charges and Rs 6,360 crore (Rs 63.60 billion) as licence fees.
Apart from Caf Coffee Day, companies like Pantaloon, Levi's and Pepsi among others are also offering goodies through bluetooth that can be downloaded free-of-cost.
The board of GSM service provider Vodafone-Essar is expected to discuss the income tax issue at its meeting to be held on Friday.
In return, the BCCI is offering a revenue share from stadium advertising and gate money but not television rights.
The Department of Telecommunications, which has been mandated to simplify the multifarious levies, would introduce the new regime in phases.
DoT is also planning to carry out verification on operators' premises to check the technologies they employ.
Zee TV is fast closing in on general entertainment channel leader Star Plus in terms of viewership.
The UK-based telecom major is looking at single name branding of its Indian joint venture firm, Vodafone-Essar (formerly Hutchison-Essar).
Raghav Bahl-promoted media company Television Eighteen Group is paying over Rs 340 crore to buy out the rights of films in two of Bollywood's biggest movie deals.
The service, first of its kind in the country, is expected to be launched shortly, if not within a week.
The content providers -- TV channels, FM Radio stations, e-commerce companies and credit card majors -- have blamed the service providers and mobile value-added services (VAS) operators for the problem.
Three Japanese submarine cable construction companies have been short-listed by Flag Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications
If you want to buy the latest high-end phone, be ready to dump your current service provider
Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Reliance Communications, has signed a $100 million
The bidding companies have the choice of either bidding individually or as a group.
The full-fledged residential academy will accommodate the country's top 80 emerging cricketers and be equipped with a health centre, gymnasium and restaurants.
The bidding companies have the choice of either bidding individually or as a group.
Star cricketers in the ICL will earn more than BCCI cricketers primarily because of the way the contracts are structured.
Integrated media and entertainment company Eros International is planning to set up an animation studio in India.
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