Raises cap of market share for merged entity to 50%, spectrum trading allowed, with riders.
Life Insurance Corporation of India has over Rs 7,000 crore in tax demand pending against it, the biggest across various categories.
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Instead of tinkering with roaming, the circle system should be ended.
As per data, call drop situation in Delhi has improved.
With slower than expected growth in smartphone penetration, operators and OEMs are joining hands to provide affordable mobile devices with attractive offers.
Bharti to spend Rs 1,600 cr for spectrum payout over 10 yrs; Telenor to service its own debt.
Most public sector banks, flush with deposits now, offer 3-4% interest on savings deposits, while a few private sector banks go up to 6%.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
Analysts at rating agency ICRA say the debt level of the telecom companies is very high and the ecosystem for the premium band is not in place.
Of the two big players, while Bharti Airtel can leverage its existing subscriber base, newcomer Reliance Jio will have to wean away subscribers from the incumbents
Telecom companies have been desperately waiting for a bailout package from the government after a Supreme Court order put their statutory liabilities at Rs 1.47 lakh crore.
The telecom industry is moving towards a five-plus one model.
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
From Rafale relief to heat on realtors, 10 landmark Supreme Court judgments in 2018.
Spectrum auction took off on Wednesday from Rs 58,980.29 crore (Rs 589.80 billion) mark with demand for the premium 900 Mhz band seemingly tapering off at the end of 56 rounds.
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.
Extending its new device plus data plan to more smartphones, the operator is keen to capture the youth's attention.
Telecom Commission approves high base price of Rs 11,485 cr per Mhz for 700-Mhz frequency; no decision taken on proposed standard spectrum usage charges of 4.5%
The profit boost for studios will in large part be driven by the rush for local-language content from platforms like Netflix Inc
A liberalised spectrum allows operators to use any technology to deliver services like 3G and 4G.
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Of the 11 licence holders, only eight remain in the fray as concerns about profitability and rising competition are making them think twice before jumping in.
The year gone by saw the high and mighty of the corporate world face the music in the Delhi High Court which held that the telecom majors are amenable to CAG audit and Mukesh Ambani's RIL struggling hard to get rid of an FIR lodged on gas pricing by the 49-day-old AAP regime.
He alone gets the credit for reviving consumer interest in Ayurveda, says Bhupesh Bhandari.
Sensex ended above 26,000 led by telecom shares amid TRAI's spectrum sharing norms.
A DoT panel has backed net neutrality and made some recommendations to push the cause
It is learnt that the defence ministry is refusing to let go of its 100 MHz spectrum, which was allotted earlier. In that case, the department of telecommunications (DoT) will be left with only 175 MW of 5G spectrum of the total 300 MHz.
The figure is based on the base price of spectrum for the upcoming auction fixed by the TRAI and on the assumption that there will be no bidding war.
Over 1,42,000 people have been rescued from the flood-ravaged parts of Jammu and Kashmir so far, as the relief operations launched by the Armed forces entered the 12th day on Saturday.
The market could see a fresh round of tariff war, similar to what happened in the voice market a few years ago.
'I'm an unbalanced human,' the founding partner of AZB, India's top law firm, tells Pavan Lall.
Several factors have held India back. One is DoT policy somersaults and lack of clarity on whether to or not to ban Chinese gear makers.
The big beneficiaries of this move will be the big three -- Bharti, Vodafone and Idea.
Income will be higher as spectrum in 2,100-MHz band will also be auctioned
The company has reportedly been in the process of shutting its CDMA business and shifting its subscribers to 2G, 3G and 4G networks.
Its says reconsider lower reserve price, uniform usage charges; GSM players to bear the brunt.
Move comes in view of big debt overhang in two sectors; companies unwilling.
Move comes in view of big debt overhang in two sectors; companies unwilling.
Regulators will need to allow the model to evolve to allow profits to flow, says Una Gulani.
Unlike Reliance Jio's focus on 4G, it plans to segment the data market based on device prices and spectrum.
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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