Components manufactured in India are low-value products like casing and box packaging that constitute 5% of the bill for materials required in phone manufacturing.
Govt likely to make security clearance mandatory for telcos irrespective of equity holding before giving licences; DoT members to meet today.
The once-powerful Japanese major is left with little to show in the face of sustained competition from rivals.
Telecom tower companies likely to invest around Rs 500 crore (Rs 50 billion) to enhance network.
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Retail giant Tesco's entry into Indian market has hit a regulatory roadblock.
Rahul Khullar, Trai chairman beleives politicians and corporates who own media houses should give freedom to editors.
Viom Networks is planning to raise arouns Rs 1500 crore (Rs 15 billion) and is likely to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), say sources.
For Uninor, it is more important to serve customers better in existing circles rather than going for pan-India operations.
Sources say companies will have to keep the market share of merged entities below 50% in all circles
Just stand in front of his latest film Kochadaiiyaan's hoarding, send an SMS, and watch what happens next.
Since August 2013, FIPB has approved two FDI proposals in the telecom sector.
The company has identified India as one of the two key markets in South Asia.
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In the process, Vodafone India's valuation rose 48.39 per cent since February 2012, when Piramal Enterprises bought 5.5 per cent stake in Vodafone India for Rs 3,007 crore (Rs 30.07 billion).
Have committed themselves to investing Rs 1,85,000 crore since last year.
Importers protest as food safety regulator demands adherence to recent law on labelling, blocks entry at ports for packs with stickers.
According to the CEO of an Indian group with presence in the telecom segment and two merchant bankers, the Mexico-headquartered telco's bankers have been sounded out for preliminary discussions with leading Indian telecom companies for a strategic tie-up.
DoT plans to initiate move that might lower the revenues telcos share with government.
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) refusing to reserve 900-MHz spectrum for incumbent telcos, asking them to vacate the quantity held and win back through bidding, GSM operators, led by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), have decided to propose a compromise formula.
Within a week of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India giving its final recommendations on the valuation and pricing of spectrum, Chairman Rahul Khullar speaks to Business Standard on the process the regulator followed in finalising the much-debated issue.
Bhupendra Kumar Modi is the founder of $2-billion Spice Group.
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