The trust deficit has widened with buyers losing confidence in a developer's ability to construct and deliver a project on time.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, bottom, left, says he is fond of Bill Gates' famous quote: "Success is a lousy teacher." Back from a long foreign business trip, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises talks to Malini Bhupta and Kiran Rathee about the challenges posed by Reliance Jio and how he is determined to come out on top once again. Mittal says , today, Airtel is as ready as Jio in pure-play 4G operations.
Jio says it has completed mobile number portability testing and is certified MNP-compliant
Big three telecom companies term Jio's free voice calls predatory pricing
Trai calls both Jio and incumbents for a meeting to discuss the issue
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved the toughest issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on the govt's Digital India dream
RIL is also set to file its tariff plans, which will mark the company's intent to commercialise Jio's operations, with the regulator this week
Amendments to the Child Labour Act say children can work in 'family enterprises' but the definition isn't clear, points out Shyamal Majumdar.
After the transaction with Temasek, Singtel will hold 47.39 per cent in Bharti Telecom.
For Rs 39, customers can talk for 300 minutes anywhere in India and worldwide
India has average monthly spends of $4 per user; it is over $20 in other Asian markets
Letter to telecom secretary alleges Jio is masquerading full-blown services in the guise of a trial; no word from Reliance.
The government has to cover a lot of ground if it wants to achieve the target of generating 10 million new jobs in the sector over the next three years, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Indian carmakers will have no option but to manufacture safer cars from October 2017.
Typically these are high-beta stocks and earnings are volatile
Even if Modi had wanted Rajan out, the government could have done it with some finesse and tact.
Performance is considered a major reason why Ravi Shankar Prasad might have had to leave telecom.
A year after Bharti Airtel launched 4G services, there are only 6.5 mn users in the country
How did the Kwid become an Indian success story?
Vistara has accelerated fleet expansion plan from June 2018 to earlier, open to talks with Boeing as well.
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