Two brothers have begun collaborating in certain businesses.
The RIL-RCOM deal is an indication of telecom sector's future. As the mobile subscriber numbers plateau, telcos need to look at alternate stream of revenues, and data services will be the key to their growth.
While the surcharge on super-rich would help garner additional income of around Rs 12,000 crore this fiscal on the direct tax side.
This was the most serious cable disruption since 2001, when a submarine cable connecting the mainland with the US was cut off.
4G, already on offer in Kolkata and Bangalore, is all set to change the way you use your mobile phone, watch TV and surf the Net.
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.
A quick roundup of smartphones that were released in 2010, smartphones that are due for launch in the New Year and pathbreaking technologies that promise to produce clean energy inexpensively and transfer high-speed data on photon networks instead of fibre optics.
'Guarding the borders in extreme weather conditions is not easy and most people don't realize it is a very tough job.'
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.
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have communicated to the telecom department that they will not pay AGR dues of Rs 88,624 crore, the deadline for which ended on Thursday, and will wait for the outcome of modification petition listed for hearing before the Supreme Court next week, according to official sources. Reliance Jio on Thursday paid Rs 195 crore to the telecom department to clear all adjusted gross revenue dues accounted till January 31, 2020, according to an official source.
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.
Both Airtel and Vodafone claim they did everything possible to resume services.
State-run GAIL (India) Ltd, which has laid a vast network of fibre optic cables along the gas pipeline grid it operates, will sell bandwidth to newspapers, news agencies and TV channels at a 70 per cent discount.
Earlier in the day, the prime minister inaugurated a slew of development projects and laid foundation stones of several others related to energy, connectivity, education, tourism and health sectors.
Reliance Infocomm Ltd, which is building a $5 nationwide fibre-optic network, will on Friday launch its limited radius mobility service which analysts say will intensify a tariff war and expand the market.
While existing players are expected to first drop prices, acquisition of smaller firms by larger ones is likely in future
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has decided to acquire the entire stake of Tata Power Broadband for Rs 239 crore (Rs 2.39 billion).
The push to connect India and drive a national fibre optic network, first approved by the last government in 2011, has made slow progress
Foxconn is the world's largest contract manufacturer for electronic goods and makes iPhones for Apple and smartphones for its Chinese rival Xiaomi.
Unlike Reliance Jio's focus on 4G, it plans to segment the data market based on device prices and spectrum.
Of the five towns planned, work is progressing in two, Dasve and Mogao.
Fixed-line Internet is consistent and translates into a better experience for users.
In what could be one of the largest launches in the telecom services space, Reliance Jio Infocomm is set to roll out its 4G LTE services in 800 Indian cities between April and June next year.
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.
The intra-city cable leasing deal will give RCom Rs 1,200 crore, which will be used to clear some of its debt.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the BJP has emerged as the "third force" in Kerala that will replace the two fronts in the next year's assembly elections.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar discusses five issues pivotal for the success of Digital India
RJio is targeting the existing base of high-value customers.
For FY16, MTNL's standalone net loss was over Rs 2,000 crore.
The long-overdue consolidation makes indebted RCom an even more attractive partner for a soon-to-launch upstart led by older brother Mukesh.
The company will wait for sizeable user base for better valuation.
'Gloom is nowhere in sight, with healthy foreign exchange reserves, a strong rupee, healthy tax collections, corruption and crony capitalism under check,' argues Gopal Krishna Agrawal.
Narendra Modi's speech at the India Economic Convention was the best such oration since Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the nation from the Red Fort in the aftermath of Kargil, feels Shreekant Sambrani.
Cashless transactions need ubiquitous connectivity, which we don't have. And connectivity needs political and administrative convergence, says Shyam Ponappa.
Jio is targeting to differentiate its services via superior data and an associated ecosystem of content.
'During Amit Shah's recent visit to Kerala, the strategy of concentrating the attacks on the CM on false charges was clear enough.'
ISI sought to intercept all communications passing through the country in 2013, the most significant expansion of its capacity to conduct mass surveillance to date and rivalling that of the United States and UK.
Docomo is looking to expand its reach beyond Japan and sees India and Africa as key emerging markets.
'If Facebook were a country, it would be the third most populous one and the most connected.'
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