This is a significant move by Facebook considering the backlash it had from various quarters in India following debates on net neutrality
Analysts said with more power sector companies referred to the NCLT by banks, large companies would be at an advantage.
JioMeet, which has already got the endorsement of top government officials and politicians, saw a huge surge in its ranking on Google Play, based on its downloads.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that there were 31 complaints of call drops against the company in 2015
The approved proposals included "procurement of night sight (image intensifier), light vehicles GS 4X4, air defence fire control radar (light) and GSAT-7B satellite," it mentioned.
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea said the Railways should not be permitted to offer commercial services like Wi-fi and voice and video communication.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given its recommendations on the much-awaited issue of spectrum sharing.
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The existing shareholders will get one RPL share for each RCom share (of Rs 130 market price) held.
Trai chairman Rahul Khullar says concept not practised strictly even in countries like the US and the UK.
According to a Deutsche Bank report, the Idea-Vodafone combine will have to pay a 30 per cent lower annual installment on spectrum due to the longer duration of the payment tenure.
Funds will be raised via non-cumulative preference shares issued to Tata Sons on rights basis
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan are bankers for the bonds
Facebook is now attempting to make truce with telecom operators through its programme.
Analysts attribute this outperformance to the government's proactive economic reform measures
DoT committee rejects most Trai suggestions for freeing airwaves for sale.
Most of the session's gains for both the indices were wiped out as investors rushed to book profits ahead of F&O expiry on Thursday and also due to concerns over stretched valuations.
The programme has triggered a huge debate in India.
Hudhud leaves a trail of destruction in Visakhapatnam, home to a major naval base.
Facebook on Thursday announced that it has shut down Free Basics in India.
Broader market underperformed the headline indices
Consumers can expect a 5G launch in the country soon. Telecom companies (telcos) say if auctions take place on time - the target is July - they would be able to offer some services in a few cities by the end of this year and a full roll-out from 2023. But the question is: will 5G turn the tables for telcos financially? Will average revenue per user (ARPU) improve? Will mobile consumers upgrade to 5G quickly and pay more? Will the expanded functions that 5G enables drum up sufficient revenues? In simple terms, will telcos make more money?
If raters get away by moving from AAA to D overnight after companies default, as happened with DHFL, YES Bank, RCom, and IL&FS, it shows a complete breakdown in the rating system. It calls for exemplary punishment, not kid glove treatment, says Debashis Basu.
In spite of the high number of exits, Reliance group firms of both brothers continue to be darlings of small investors
The DoT report is expected by the end of the month.
It has made everything public in the name of 10 lakh comments it got on draft net neutrality proposals.
Quite a few large- and mid-cap stocks are yet to recover from the note ban, pharma, banking and rural demand-based industries among laggards.
The development of the constitution of the tribunal comes at a time when the Delhi high court in December 2020 refused to restrain Amazon from interfering in Future Retail's deal with Reliance Retail by writing to statutory authorities.
Airtel offers 4G service in 1800 Mhz band frequency while other companies are yet to roll out their services.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Mukesh's television unit has been aggressively wrapping up deals with hundreds of small players in a street-by-street effort to conquer that final hurdle in its cable TV drive
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
BSE IT index was the biggest sectoral loser, down 1.5% dragged by TCS
The government on Thursday more than doubled the price of natural gas that is used to produce electricity, make fertilisers, turned into CNG and piped to household kitchens for cooking, on the back of a spike in global energy prices. The price of gas produced from old regulated fields, such as the nation's largest gas field of Bassein of ONGC, will rise to a record high of $6.10 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) from the current $2.90 per mmBtu, according to the oil ministry's Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC). The new price, which is likely to result in a hike in CNG and piped cooking gas rates, will be for six months beginning April 1.
The company has reportedly been in the process of shutting its CDMA business and shifting its subscribers to 2G, 3G and 4G networks.
Reliance's hydrocarbon business was adversely impacted due to reduction in demand for refined products and petrochemicals.
A rare bonhomie among three private telecom companies in raising tariffs coming on the back of a bailout package by the government may have helped the telecom sector avert a crisis but the challenges haven't ceased to exist as the industry faces a cash-guzzling task of rolling out 5G networks in the coming months. The sector that provides direct and indirect employment to millions is projected to see Rs 1.3 lakh crore to Rs 2.3 lakh crore of investments in the coming years in creating robust infrastructure and building telecom and network products that have been incentivised by the government through PLI and other initiatives. After years of cut-throat competition and the apex court ruling on payment of past statutory dues left some players in the lurch, billionaire Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel and struggling Vodafone Idea almost in tandem raised tariffs, taking the plunge they had long been talking about.
A sluggish economy and stalled bureaucratic decision-making for the past two years thwarted capital investment and dented earnings, making it tough for the companies to raise funds.
Bulk of these customers use 2G phones and are still focused on voice services and might prove useful for both Bharti Airtel and the Idea-Vodafone combine.
Zuckerberg says internet.org can co-exist with net neutrality
India's largest-ever spectrum auction kicked off on Saturday with major telecom operators placing bids worth Rs 53,531 crore across bands, even as the premium 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz frequencies did not find any buyer.
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