"Any Reliance Money customer who has an Internet access through a GPRS or CDMA-enabled mobile phone can log in to the Reliance Money website using his or her existing user ID, security token number and trade in equities and commodities," said Reliance Money Director and CEO, Sudip Bandhopadhyay. With this initiative, the company will now be tapping approximately 347-million telecom users based in India.
Reliance Big Entertainment has agreed to acquire 50 per cent shareholding in Codemasters, the company said in a statement. The company, however, did not disclose amount involved in this deal.
The government on Tuesday invited financial bids from all the nine applicants, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Tata Teleservices and RCom, who had applied for participating in 3G spectrum auction.
According to sources, Idea Cellular has agreed to provide interconnection to RCom thereby not becoming a part of Cellular Operators' Association of India's likely petition against Trai's directive on the same. Besides, other operators to provide interconnectivity to RCom GSM network are Aircel and Spice Communication.
The proposed takeover of Cairn Energy's India business could see Non-Resident Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal emerging as the richest promoter of a corporate house in India ahead of Mukesh Ambani, who has ruled the list for long.
The application of Anil Ambani Group company Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) for an extension in its existing power distribution licence to the suburbs of this metropolis has been rejected. It has, instead, been told to join the competitive process for a new one, with four other bidders.
The transaction pegs the total valuation of Reliance Life Insurance at approximately Rs 11,500 crore ($2.6 billion), the statement said, adding that the transaction is subject to necessary regulatory approvals.
"The new name reflects the branding philosophy followed by the ADA Group, where name signifies the space in which business operates and create a sharper brand presence among the stakeholders. The name change will not affect any of the rights of the company or the shareholders of the company," a senior company official said. The board of directors has decided to change the name of the company, subject to the shareholders approval and compliance with related formalities.
The company is building floating LNG terminal in joint venture Reliance Power.
CBI prosecutor K K Goel opposed the application saying it was "dragging the trial" and noted that Anil Ambani too had filed a similar plea earlier.
The warrants will be converted into an equal number of equity shares at Rs 928.89 a piece, aggregating Rs 3,984.93 crore (Rs 39.84 billion). As in the March quarter 2009, AAA Project Ventures held 83,498,937 shares, representing a 36.88 per cent stake in the company.
Big TV is also in talks with other private equity majors, though these are at preliminary stages, to raise funds. The exact quantum of funding to be raised from Carlyle would depend on the 'promises' by players, he said. The company is also in discussions with major players like The Blackstone Group, Providence and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for raising funds.
Under the current norms, a prospective agent needs to undergo mandatory 50 hours of training.
While some bankers said that responses to the Sebi are being delayed deliberately in some of the cases in view of the turbulent market conditions prevailing on the bourses, those associated with some of these deals said these are 'routine' clarifications and would be responded in the due course. According to the latest processing status as on March 14 of draft offer documents filed with Sebi, clarifications are currently awaited from lead managers in relation to 20 IPOs.
The MoU was signed during the India visit of Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, a press release issued here today stated. Russian World Studios is one of the largest private film companies in the Russian market and has produced several projects, both for TV and the big screen.
The company has reorganised the Big Cinemas operations into geographies to adequately support its expansion in regional markets, Reliance MediaWorks said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Big Cinemas would focus on the company's operations in North, East and Central India.
The acquisition will enable the Anil Ambani group company to foray into the African country. However, financial transactions of the deal were not disclosed.
The Aditya Birla group is close to buying the Reddy family's 66.32 per cent stake in Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investments (ASCIL), marking a re-entry of the group into the broking business.
Continuing its attack on Petroleum Ministry, Anil Ambani group on Thursday criticised it for its failure to attract top global players for oil and gas exploration and production due to lack of sanctity attached to concluded contracts.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Communications on Friday said its R-World, will be powered by mobile data services and solutions provider, Motricity, which will deliver complete mobile Internet and data services. The mobile data services portal has been developed on Motricitys mCore platform which powers 3G mobile portals of many leading global 3G service providers.
RFRL Group President A N Sethuraman on September 3 filed three separate applications with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board for licences to sell CNG to automobiles and piped gas to households in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad etc.
Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Monday rejected a contempt application filed by Anil Ambani group company Reliance Communications against Cellular Operators Association of India, for allegedly taking the legal battle on spectrum for a media trial.
"The Board of the company has approved a proposal to further unlock overall shareholder value by transferring its infrastructure projects to a separate 100 per cent subsidiary, subject to compliance with applicable laws," REL informed the Bombay Stock Exchange.
In the midst of massive layoffs being announced by various corporate houses hit by a global economic slowdown, Anil Ambani group on Friday said it is not planning any job reduction and is rather planning to create up to 90,000 employment opportunities in the next few months.
The Anil Ambani Group-promoted Reliance General Insurance is looking to buy a majority stake in its rival Royal Sundaram, while talks are in advanced stages to bring in Swiss Re as foreign partner in its life insurance venture.
The company added 2.8 million wireless subscribers on its GSM and CDMA platforms in the month of June, RCom said in a statement. RCom offers telephony services on both GSM and CDMA platforms.
Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications will acquire Digicable, the country's largest cable TV service provider, in an all-stock deal believed to be worth about $1 billion.
RNRL and Mukesh Ambani's RIL are fighting a legal battle over the terms of gas supply agreement for Anil Ambani Group's gas-based Dadri power project. Two weeks ago, government lawyer Mohan Parasaran had stated in the court that the Empowered Group of Ministers had decided that $4.2 per mmbtu would be the minimum price of KG basin gas.
Follow Anil Ambani group and Lanco for asset valuation.
Unlike the traditional model of paying commission to insurance agents on the basis of the business generated by them, the rural agents would be recruited under this new programme on a fixed income structure, the company said.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Energy, Tata Power, GMR and aluminium manufacturer Nalco are keen to enter nuclear power business, NPCIL Director (Finance) JK Ghai said.
According to reports, the deal, if successful, could fetch Hutchison as much as $14 billion and would be Asia's largest private equity deal.
The Prime Minister's visit to Japan reinforces the strategic focus of global partnership between India and Japan.
Having witnessed a dip of over 4,500 staff from its headcount in last fiscal, Anil Ambani group's financial services arm Reliance Capital will hire over 3,500 managers for its various businesses this year.
These trusts are being registered under a new framework.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Capital on Wednesday said it is planning to enter the housing finance and non-banking finance businesses, for which it has already filed applications with the concerned regulatory authorities.
Total income rose to Rs 115.46 crore (Rs 1.15 billion) during the same quarter, from Rs 92.92 crore (Rs 929.2 million) in the corresponding period a year ago, RNRL said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Shares of RNRL closed at Rs 83.85, up 1.39 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange.