GSM based mobile service providers jointly added over 44 lakh new customers, taking their cumulative customer base to 67.88 crore in September, according to data released by industry body COAI on Wednesday.
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The deal includes Reliance Infrastructure's integrated business of Generation, Transmission and Retail Electricity Distribution
Facebook is now attempting to make truce with telecom operators through its programme.
If Reliance Jio resets the rules of the game with low voice and data tariffs, most incumbents will find themselves back to square one.
Despite the recent fall, the Nifty Midcap 100 index has outperformed by gaining 20 per cent till date in this year calendar year.
Despite the recent fall, the Nifty Midcap 100 index has outperformed by gaining 20 per cent till date in this year calendar year.
Officials of Reliance Jio Infocomm claimed to have achieved broadband speeds on their networks that are 10-12 times faster than 3G services.
Reliance earned $11.50 for every barrel of crude that it processed during the last three months of the calendar year - almost 60 per cent more than a year earlier.
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Banks have Rs 10 trillion in stressed assets - Rs 7.8 trillion of bad loans and Rs 2.2 trillion of restructured ones.
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.
Chinese telcos hold 60-100 MHz of spectrum, while Indian companies hold 13-15 MHz of spectrum.
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DoT will have wider consultations with all stakeholders.
Muted quarterly earnings, mixed cues from global markets and unabated foreign fund outflows added to the volatility
Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL increase subscriber share while Idea manages to retain
Experts say going ahead data price will fall further due to competition
This will be Modi's second US visit after he was elected PM.
The company will wait for sizeable user base for better valuation.
Reliance Jio submitted the highest pre-auction deposit.
Telecom operators stressed that differential pricing for data is necessary for growth.
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.
Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
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Funds will be raised via non-cumulative preference shares issued to Tata Sons on rights basis
The continuing stress faced by corporate India has weakened their debt-servicing capability and this is reflected in the banks' books, as yet-burgeoning bad loans.
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 Department of Telecom may bar operators holding 3G airwaves from sharing the high-speed spectrum.
In 2008, the 13 companies on the list accounted for 34 per cent of the overall m-cap.
On Monday, Ambani had said the Reliance group was open to join hands with Bharti Airtel for improving telecom network for 4G services in Punjab.
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.
Analysts expect structural risks such as risk to voice revenues, steep correction in data realisations, capex spend and rise in churn and subsequent increase in costs to continue in the medium term
Airtel offers 4G service in 1800 Mhz band frequency while other companies are yet to roll out their services.
Midcap stocks continued to remain on buyers' radar with BSE Midcap index up 0.1%.
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.
Telecom subscriber base crossed the 95-crore mark in August, after a gap of more than two years, on the back of higher mobile users whose number touched 92.43 crore.
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