Reliance Communications on Thursday applied to the department of telecommuications for radio frequencies in the 1800 MHz band for operating mobile networks in 14 circles all over the country.
The 40 per cent market share cap suggested by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is likely to make mergers between existing telecom operators extremely tough.
Three Japanese submarine cable construction companies have been short-listed by Flag Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications
Vodafone, which is yet to announce the acquisition, has offered to partner Essar, on which the Indian conglomerate said, "We are at the moment evaluating all our options in the best interest of the Group."
CDMA technology developer Qualcomm on Tuesday said it was not negotiating with Indian telecom players, including Anil Ambani group company Reliance Communications, on lowering the royalty paid by them.
Index majors NTPC, BHEL, Reliance Reliance Energy, Reliance Communications and HDFC, DLF, TCS, SBI and Bajaj Auto have zoomed.
Nokia, that has already begun manufacturing of 5G equipment at its Chennai plant, is also readying for exporting the products to several key markets like the US.
The BSE's 30-share barometer index continued its slide on Friday, fifth straight day, with a fall of 687.12 points led by sharp losses in blue-chips like RIL, DLF, ICICI Bank, Reliance Energy and Reliance Communications. The Sensex has lost 1,813.75 points in last five trading sessions, while investors' wealth -- measured in terms of cumulative market capitalisation of all the listed companies -- has declined by Rs 5,21,310 crore (Rs 5,213.1 billion).
Bharti Airtel announced on Tuesday it would hive off its mobile tower and infrastructure business into a 100 per cent subsidiary.
Indian telecom companies are likely to get a windfall of Rs 100-150 crore (Rs 1 to Rs 1.5 billion) when they announce their first quarter results during this week.
Reliance Communications, which is eyeing to acquire the country's fourth-largest mobile firm Hutch Essar, said on Wednesday it plans to raise funds through issue of securities in the international market.
Top brass of Qualcom, developer of CDMA technology, will be visiting India next week and may hold discussions with the company on royalty obligations.\n
Telecommunications major Reliance Communications will invest $1.5 billion (around Rs 7,000 crore) in Flag Telecom, its under-sea cable subsidiary, over the next three years.
Reliance Communications, along with Malaysian telecom major Maxis, has confirmed its interest in picking up a stake in Hutchison Essar.
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The stock market on Friday greeted with enthusiasm the reports of Reliance Communications planning acquisition of rival Hutch-Essar, as the Anil Ambani group firm gained a massive Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) in market value.
The race for acquiring India's third largest mobile services provider Hutch, has hotted up with Reliance Communications backed by an US equity funder
Reliance Communications-owned FLAG system has won a case against Tatas-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited in the International Court of Arbitration, which makes it eligible for upgrading capacity of international bandwidth.
Anil Ambani-spearheaded Reliance Communications Ltd will on Thursday launch online video streaming on mobile phones, a service that would allow the company to mobile cast events to all its subscribers.
The Reliance decision was challenged by various GSM-mobile phone firms and there is an attempt to create a split in their ranks -- Maxis Aircel has already withdrawn from the court case, and it is likely another one or two firms will follow as they've been made to believe this improves their chances of getting spectrum.
These phones are SIM-enabled, allowing consumers to move from one CDMA service to another, a flexibility hitherto available only on GSM handsets.
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Natural Resources Ltd and Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd on Friday said they have got shareholders'
Telephony major Reliance Communications is believed to have short-listed three global IT companies - IBM, EDS and T-Systems - for its $1.5 billion outsourcing contract.
Taking forward the promised consolidation of its telecom businesses, the board of Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd would meet in Mumbai on Sunday to consider merger of Reliance Infocomm with itself.
Ambani said Jio will offer the world's lowest data tariff
Flag Telecom, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Reliance Communication (RComm), has mandated Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank as lead managers for the maiden initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange.
Thirty stocks from various sectors form the Sensex.
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