The Essar group-owned company's agreement with the Bangalore-based BPL group, which owns the brand through its flagship firm, had expired on March this year.
The Global Mobile Suppliers Association on Monday rejected Telcom Regulatory Authority of India's proposal to allocate frequencies in the controversial US PCS band (1850-1910 MHz paired with 1930-1990 MHz) to the existing Code-Division Multiple Acces
Its pre-consultation paper has been silent on the issue of closed electronic communication network, a loophole telcos can exploit to offer discriminatory pricing.
The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch has pointed out that these firms pose a threat to domestic manufacturing and retailing as they do not pay relevant taxes such as GST, giving them a huge edge over local players.
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved the toughest issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on the govt's Digital India dream
Homegrown cellular phone handset maker Micromax said on Friday said that its Chief Executive Officer Deepak Mehrotra has quit the firm.
The industry is keeping a close watch to see if shuttered factories in China reopen in the coming days and supplies resume sometime this week.
Many of the industrialists profiled in the book are no longer riding the wave of success.
'There is no doubt at all that Jio's disruption of the mobile broadband market was a turning point for India's digital economy.'
The cellular phone companies using the WLL-CDMA technology will increase their subscriber base by 86.6 per cent in 2004-05 as against the expected growth of 40 per cent in GSM customers, according to a study.
As per data, call drop situation in Delhi has improved.
From the rollback of customs duty on key electronic components to fast tracking delivery of goods imported from China, players are looking for incentives on several counts.
Small cells improve coverage in areas where traffic is high.
The new iPhones are "jam packed with new capabilities and an incredible new design", said Apple chief executive Tim Cook.
Noida-based Ringing Bells is launching India's most affordable smartphone, priced at Rs 251.
At present 100% FDI is allowed, of which up to 49% investment in a company can be done through the automatic route
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
To bring clarity, the department clearly defines terms such as promoter and competitor.
Mittal said that overall, he expected that by March 2018, the "dust will settle down" for the entire industry.
IAMAI in a statement, which represents digital businesses in India, said Trai's recommendation to formulate standards of anonymisation and de-identification was akin to putting the cart before the horse, and till such time the Srikrishna Committee submits the report, making these standards would be like groping in the dark.
Not only is this hidden from the user, it's often unrelated to the app's purpose.
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.
Nokia's Chennai plant is under freeze over tax dispute.
Nokia may be allowed to sell Chennai mobile plant.
While it was technically not possible to block the deal, the tax department could resort to arm-twisting.
'Collateral damage during operations needs to be avoided.' 'Such an objective can be achieved more easily should stone throwers not gear up to en masse oppose security forces.' 'With the conditions being quite sensitive at this stage, the death of one of these boys could easily serve the terrorists in instigating violence,' notes Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
'The government expects demand for electronic products to reach $400 billion by 2023-24. This would be a huge foreign exchange outflow, which may further widen our trade deficit with other nations. Hence, the government plans to push local electronics manufacturing to cut down on their import bill.'
Banks have Rs 10 trillion in stressed assets - Rs 7.8 trillion of bad loans and Rs 2.2 trillion of restructured ones.
Another important early decision of Birla was to get into the wireless telephony business in association with AT&T and another revered Indian business house, the Tatas.
Departments of electronics, excise, I-T launch probe into Rs 251 smartphones
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.6% and 1.3%, respectively to touch their fresh lifetime highs.
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India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
There are unprecedented political implications of identification based on 'biological attributes of an individual', such as employed by Aadhaar, warns Gopal Krishna.
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