It is eyeing the transportation and infrastructure modernisation opportunity in the country, expected to attract $500 billion in investment over the next five years.
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The eight-year-old online messaging service gave potential investors their first glance at its financials on Thursday when it publicly filed its IPO documents, setting the stage for one of the most-anticipated debuts in over a year.
RIL has been talking to groups including Gionee, Huawei and Xiaomi
It has made everything public in the name of 10 lakh comments it got on draft net neutrality proposals.
At a time of massive job losses that is what the much-vaunted Indian IT sector needs. Ritwik Sharma reports.
With the new entity coming in force, Bharti Airtel will lose the tag of India's biggest telecom service provider to the new entity.
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple breast cancer screening available to every woman, that too at the extremely affordable cost of $1 per scan? Can we make a portable, high-tech ECG machine which can provide reports immediately and that too at the cost of 8 cents a test? Can we make an eye imaging device that is portable, non-invasive and costs 3 times less that conventional devices? Can we make a robust test for mosquito-borne dengue, which can detect the disease on day 1, and that too at the cost of $2 per test? Amazingly, says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, all this has been achieved in India, not only by using technological innovation but also non-technological innovation.
'The highlight of the interview process is it is robotic.'
Kashmir remained on the edge with six more persons, including a cop getting killed in violence on Sunday.
Nokia is one of the leading telecom equipment manufacturing companies in India
PM app downloaded 2.5 million times, to see 20-fold growth in user base
Finding a solution is critical to prevent a crisis from blowing up.
To revive the two state-run telecom operators, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), the government is likely to waive the one-time fee these telcos need to pay for retaining additional spectrum.
The programme has triggered a huge debate in India.
After a two year run-in with controversies, telecom sector now looks stable and seems back on its feet with initial investment proposal of over Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion) received in 2013.
Customers have other options available to them to do low-value transactions, if wallets start mandating full KYC and would switch to those.
After 5 yrs, firm's offer to set up private satellites for digital push has seen some interest from Isro
Paytm will cross 100 million wallets ahead of its self-determined deadline of 2015-end. It currently has 66 million.
Payments banks will mainly deal in remittance services and accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh.
Desolate streets with security personnel and a communications lockdown has left the Valley cut off from the world.
While study was done before the current boardroom battle began, the findings indicate Tata is no longer viewed as aspirational brand by working professionals.
At the moment, data and broadband is small for BSNL: it contributes 10 per cent of the company's revenue, though its share is on the rise.
Myntra expects to reach $100-million annual revenue.
DD Kisan in the past year has clocked an average direct viewership of 500,000 to 10 million.
First phase of online video's growth is over. Netflix, Amazon developing new content ecosystem.
'Is the tech wonder of our times headed for trouble?' asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
The fear of another scam pushed the government into a rather long period of so-called 'policy paralysis'. To play it safe, the price of spectrum in all subsequent auctions was benchmarked to the high 3G rates, says Surajeet Das Gupta.
It is imperative to invest in real time marketing, even at double speed.
For the four new players, the spike in wealth is 126 per cent.
'Learning to learn should be given more importance than what is actually being learnt,' recommends Zaki Ansari.
TCS, Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports and Cipla were the top gainers on BSE Sensex while Coal India, GAIL, Dr Reddy's and Infosys lost the most on the index.
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.
Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
If it ain't love, it ain't entrepreneurship.
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
'The feeling is that Rajinikanth is pro-Modi than anti-Modi.'
T N Ninan lists a few David-Goliath encounters in the Indian markets, all of which make life interesting, though difficult if you are an investor looking for the next multi-bagger.
'These are challenging times and we get energised by that.' 'I don't feel that 'I am tired now and I should relax', because even if someone calls us at 12 o'clock I have to answer his call.'
The chief of America's Federal Communications Commission is not a fan of net neutrality. So what's his vision of communications and digital policy in these times?
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