Its trajectory in telecom is well known but now it is pushing for a similar leap into the ranks of the top players in its other businesses: media and entertainment, e-commerce, a series of online businesses ranging from health to education, and retail.
The warning by the anti-trust watchdog has come days ahead of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' India visit, about which the Seattle-headquartered company has been tight-lipped. Sources in the know indicated that Bezos, coming on a short trip, has sought a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
For Motorola, there is one mega distributor, Flipkart.
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Unlike last year, investors turn cautious on e-commerce sector.
Maruti, which is majority owned by Suzuki Motors of Japan, pays massive tax, generates huge employment (its staff are almost entirely Indians) and also makes its investors extremely rich. JLR, on the other hand, though owned by Tata has its factories in England and China and in every way (sales, employment, technology) has nothing Indian about it.
The proposed policy is increasingly becoming an item of negotiation, as the US pushes hard to change India's stance.
Essentially, this is BlackBerry's cheapest device that runs its latest operating system, BlackBerry 10.
On Tuesday, while several consumers took to social media to share their grievances about the Snapdeal site crash, many others said they visited the website to either compare prices or for window shopping.
Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance
Amazon's fulfilment centres, which store products of hundreds of vendors selling on the American online major's platform, are being cited by Karnataka state government authorities as a primary concern in an ongoing tax dispute.
Taizo Son, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's youngest brother, is also planning to enter India.
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In India, he has already made investments in both his personal capacity and through DST Global, his venture firm.
India's shift towards US companies for technology investments and partnerships fits well with the present government's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' and 'Make in India' initiatives, say experts.
The company currently controls over 30 per cent of the online smartphone market in the country, but says that isn't enough.
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.
With aggressive brand-building initiatives, the companies' advertising budgets ahead of Diwali is understood to have seen a 15% spike
Reliance Retail will acquire the retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses of the Future Group. Future Group's financial and insurance businesses are not part of the deal.
Four websites, including Flipkart, may be blocked if the govt feels they're maintaining objectionable content.
In India, where it is tougher to do business, a start-up gets established by the Series-B stage, and it gets expensive for investors.
US start-ups crash and burn frequently, so why the concern about start-up losses in India? The principal reason, says Kanika Datta, is that Indian start-ups clone ideas from the US. Flipkart, Ola, Oyo, Paytm are all variations of ideas developed in the US.
India's tech start-ups are following Silicon Valley's lead and embracing the "fail fast" culture.
With the arrival of new players such as Amazon Pay, Google Tez and Flipkart's PhonePe, digital money companies are now changing their business pitch.
The chief executive of the e-commerce giant is making his second visit to India -- the first since Amazon entered this market.
From PhonePe to Jio, everyone wants to be a Super App but it is still unclear if they will actually work in India.
Jack Ma who had five years ago said he was inspired and excited by "Make in India" possibly understood the essence of the signature campaign better than some others and decided to stay away from India other than as an investor, says Nivedita Mookerji.
India's total online shopper base at 30 per cent of its internet population is low when compared with 78 per cent in China and 70-plus per cent in the US.
What is worrying is that this year, angel investments and seed funding deals have fallen by 40 per cent, ringing alarm bells in the start-up community in India.
The Powerwall 'will be great for India where there is a scarcity of electricity. The sun is there pretty much all day and there is no real good way to store its energy,' Tesla CIO Jay Vijayan tells Ritu Jha/Rediff.com.
The apex court also restrained e-commerce websites like Flipkart and Amazon from selling firecrackers which are beyond the permissible limit.
Apple's online launch is a symbol of success for FDI in single-brand retail, though there's no indication of how much the Silicon Valley major would invest in the country.
The ban in India would hit Chinese internet companies that were making headway in the world's fastest-growing mobile market.
As billions of dollars flow into India's booming online economy, some investors are beginning to fret that soaring valuations could hamper market listings.
Global e-commerce company Amazon has said it sees "substantial uncertainties" in interpretation of Indian laws, which could impact its business in one of the world's fastest-growing multi-billion dollar online shopping market.
Snapdeal to spend $1 billion on 5-6 acquisitions this year.
Snapdeal delivers to the Dharavi centre, where buyers pick up their orders.
The new jobs - created both directly and indirectly - will be across industries, including IT, skill development, content creation, retail, logistics, and manufacturing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the policy last month.
From new and competitively-priced iPhones to slashing prices of its older models, it had a multi-pronged strategy.
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