In return, BSNL should be allotted 1.2 MHz in the 1800-MHz band in each circle, subject to some conditions.
The brand which has been endorsed by the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Padma Lakshmi will open the first outlet in New Delhi next April.
The Canadian smartphone maker is banking on its platform-agnostic security and software products to make incursions in the market.
Country accounts for 38% of telco's global user base, 10% of total revenue
Its internet penetration still matches up poorly to other countries
For the next few years, the company would tap services in the areas of education, health and security, through partnerships.
A handful of online retailers have started offering alcoholic beverages through the e-commerce route since then. Letsbuydrink.com caters to Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Mumbai and offers imported alcoholic beverages for sale.
For 2100-MHz, 2300-MHz and 2500-MHz bands across circles; aim to offer these with 3G and 4G in February
While e-commerce operations for these firms are small at the moment, it is slated to grow in the next 3 to 4 years.
It is betting on enterprise services and new launches to revive demand. But are the measures enough to steal a march on established players like Samsung and Micromax?
Though it is likely gross domestic capital formation increased in the quarter ended June, against declines in the previous two quarters, a significant revival in investment might take a few quarters more, economists say.
Anticipation of weak sales this festive season due to deficient monsoon, especially outside big cities.
According to a 2013 CLSA report , online retail in India was worth $3.1 billion, or about 10% of the country's organised retail market
According to International Wine and Spirits Research, India's whisky consumption doubled between 2007 and 2012 to about 1.4 billion litres.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given its recommendations on the much-awaited issue of spectrum sharing.
Arun Jaitley had proposed in the Budget to double the rate of capital gains tax on debt MFs to 20%.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's recent request to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley - for an increase in tax on cigarettes from 45 per cent to 60 per cent in the coming Budget - seems to have had a serious impact on cigarette smokers' pockets.
The ministry is likely to go by the recommendations of a committee on liberalising external commercial borrowings, headed by M S Sahoo, a former director with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter had 160 mn users but made less than Rs 100 cr in 2012-13
DEA officials to push for this at a meeting with FM Jaitley.
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