Govt likely to make security clearance mandatory for telcos irrespective of equity holding before giving licences; DoT members to meet today.
A good business school will put you through a battery of tests to improve your soft skills, says Dr Tarun Pasricha.
The recent Indian telecom spectrum auction will hasten industry consolidation, strengthen tariffs and reduce regulatory risks.
The Union finance ministry has asked field officers of the income tax department to not be adversarial to assessees, and to not send high-pitched demands without a proper basis.
Make no mistake, Reliance's entry into Indian e-commerce cannot be taken lightly. It is akin to a combine of AT&T and Wal-Mart challenging Amazon on its home turf, says Shailesh Dobhal.
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Telecom operators continued to place bids for 800 MHz and 1800 MHz bands.
More than 87 per cent of the spectrum has been allocated to bidders.
The country's wireless subscriber base fell to 87.05 crore at the end of September, registering the first drop in five months, after Reliance Communications deactivated services of over 1 crore "unprofitable" users.
Govt is set to garner Rs 1 lakh crore from sale of radiowaves.
Mukesh Ambani's Jio, high debt and some bad decisions drove RCom to its grave.
In the not too distant future, you could see 5G technology being used for functions such as remotely-performed robotic surgeries, mine equipment operated remotely or cars driven by someone sitting hundreds of miles away. While these ideas will certainly find application globally, the urgent need for them in India could spur swifter adoption here than elsewhere.
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It would seem that Indrani's application was not something prepared or maybe even sanctioned by her lawyers and was a courtroom enterprise she had embarked on by herself, perhaps not realising it distracted from the main business of the trial and didn't help her cause.
Letter to telecom secretary alleges Jio is masquerading full-blown services in the guise of a trial; no word from Reliance.
Demand is expected to grow as most customers await a drop in prices.
Uninor added 8.53 lakh subscribers to take its base to 4.01 crore during the reported period.
Regulators will need to allow the model to evolve to allow profits to flow, says Una Gulani.
With a string of deals with telecom service providers, DTH operators and Bollywood stars, Netflix goes all out to protect its turf in India and fend off competition, says Viveat Pinto.
Sibal said that Trai had compared India with China.
The entry of the deep-pocketed conglomerate is expected to heighten competition.
The telecom industry is moving towards a five-plus one model.
The Department of Post, Tech Mahindra, Videocon Group and stock exchange NSE have joined big corporates like Ambanis and Birlas to seek entry into banking business through newly created niche category of Payments and Small Finance Banks.
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
Inflation is down, growth is headed for recovery. RIL and subsidiary Jio are on an upswing. However, stressed loans and impending job losses are the dark clouds, says Devangshu Datta.
On government's last week's announcement of revamping of PSU banks, Fitch Ratings said the move is "credit positive, but risks remain".
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In April 2013, CBI had first told the Court there were "some difficulties" in the probe after it went abroad.
Spectrum was sold at about 68 per cent premium.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,543.
While Indians are increasingly using mobile platforms and technology for various financial transactions and purchases like bill payments, ticket bookings, entertainment, travel and banking transactions, cross border mobile remittance is yet to see the light of the day.
A liberalised spectrum allows operators to use any technology to deliver services like 3G and 4G.
Back to Sheena Bora's grave, via e-time travel
The lack of bandwidth and content means it will be a long time before online streaming services take off in India.
The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India
Being employee light is the latest fad.
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APAs are part of govt's aim to move to a non-adversarial tax regime.
The company will wait for sizeable user base for better valuation.
After building a subscriber base of nearly 50 million in about eight chequered years, it finally gave up as it saw itself up against a 600-pound gorilla that breezed through double that many subscribers in a fraction of that time, says N Sundaresha Subramanian.
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