Vodafone Plc and its ex-shareholders have suffered due to the delay in an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of its Indian unit.
Firm makes Rs 4,858-crore loss on Rs 10,799-crore income.
Mukesh Ambani said the Digital India initiative has the potential to transform the lives of 1.2 billion Indians using the power of digital technology.
This is the first time airwaves in 700 Mhz band will be put up for auction
Licence winners are expected to be announced by the first quarter of 2014.
Some leading Indian companies are likely to see their earnings declining if the Indian currency depreciates further, analysts and finance heads say.
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Instead of tinkering with roaming, the circle system should be ended.
Ambani's $15 bn bet will upend Indian telecom
Previous peak in 2010 crossed in first five-and-a-half months this year.
The big advantage that Jio is able to garner currently is its low cost of operations.
Large and small businesses alike have delivered low-key performances.
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.
Sources say companies will have to keep the market share of merged entities below 50% in all circles
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio Infocomm and five other telecom firms will battle it out at the spectrum auction tomorrow, from which the government expects to garner at least Rs 11,300 crore (Rs 113 billion).
Country accounts for 38% of telco's global user base, 10% of total revenue
Vodafone's long-pending tax dispute with the government might be heading for a resolution, with the finance ministry considering changing the Income-Tax Act's retrospective amendment and taxing indirect transfer of assets prospectively from 2012, the year the law was clarified.
Bharti to spend Rs 1,600 cr for spectrum payout over 10 yrs; Telenor to service its own debt.
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.
He alone gets the credit for reviving consumer interest in Ayurveda, says Bhupesh Bhandari.
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.
A daily ceiling of Rs 3 translates into maximum annual penalty of Rs 1,095 for every subscriber.
The upbeat earnings from Reliance Industries will set the tone for the truncated week ahead
The same set of companies had reported 3.8 per cent annual net profit growth in the previous quarter and 7.5 per cent annual growth in the same quarter last financial year.
Akhilesh Yadav is now seeking to devote the remaining 18 months of his tenure in casting the state in a new mould.
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
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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.
While the draft M&A policy for the telecom sector has been revised a few times over the past few months, DoT has not made any major changes to guidelines.
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.
Raises cap of market share for merged entity to 50%, spectrum trading allowed, with riders.
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%
A DoT panel has backed net neutrality and made some recommendations to push the cause
Extending its new device plus data plan to more smartphones, the operator is keen to capture the youth's attention.
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.
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
Income will be higher as spectrum in 2,100-MHz band will also be auctioned
Lt Governor says discoms must cooperate or face cancellation of licences. Ficci cries interference.
FIIs pump in Rs 2,075 crore in past three trading sessions.
Unlike Reliance Jio's focus on 4G, it plans to segment the data market based on device prices and spectrum.
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.
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