Reports by CAG earlier on the 2008 telecom licence scam had resulted in the cancellation of 122 licences.
In the third infrastructure sharing agreement between firms run by brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani, Reliance Industries' telecom arm has agreed to use Reliance Communication Ltd's intra-city fibre network to roll out 4G services.
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail on Friday said it would set up 55 stores for home appliances and electronic goods across the country over the next two years.
According to software company Mavernir, the new virtualised networks would lead to a saving of 40 per cent in capex and 34 per cent in terms of lower operations cost for operators.
Reliance Communications could become a much more formidable opponent.
Following a directive from the Delhi high court, Reliance Infocomm has deposited Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
The months-long row between Tatas-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Reliance-controlled FLAG Cables over the bandwidth issue was resolved on Wednesday.
FLAG Telecom, a Reliance group company has denied media reports alleging that it has resorted to high pricing impacting the growth of Indian business process outsourcing units and information technology enabled services.
Reliance Communications, India's second-largest wireless operator, will launch phone services in Uganda by year-end, marking its first foray into international mobile phone markets.
The fear of another scam pushed the government into a rather long period of so-called 'policy paralysis'. To play it safe, the price of spectrum in all subsequent auctions was benchmarked to the high 3G rates, says Surajeet Das Gupta.
'We have informed the government multiple times that the situation in the US and India are different.' 'Here, there will be a 500 MHz gap in the frequencies which will safely allow aviation without interference.'
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.
During the said period, the Consumer Complaints Council of ASCI found 15 advertisers, including Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular, fast moving consumer goods player Dabur and Elder Pharma and coaching centre Career Launcher, violating the council's code.
Funds will be raised via non-cumulative preference shares issued to Tata Sons on rights basis
Trai and telecom companies are divided in their views on the issue of raising the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in various media-related activities like cable television, direct-to-home, etc. Trai has proposed across-the-board increase in the FDI limit across cable (49 per cent), DTH (49 per cent), HITS (no existing limit) and satellite radio (no existing limit) to 74 per cent, as allowed in the telecom sector. Companies like Bharti Airtel are supporting this proposal
Reliance Industries on Friday said that their offer of roaming facility across 673 cities on WLL phones was "well within the licence conditions" and the company has communicated this to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
The interconnection charge has been reduced.
The Bomby high court on Friday approved the Reliance Industries Limited's demerger scheme, which sought to make changes in the company's shareholding pattern as part of a settlement between Ambani siblings, Mukesh and Anil.
Two brothers have begun collaborating in certain businesses.
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.
Bharti Chairman Sunil Mittal says his company will be one of the biggest and most preferred telecom providers in India.
A high-powered group of ministers on Thursday decided to go for a unified licence regime for telecom services, a move seen to resolve the ongoing battle between basic and cellular operators on limited mobile services.
The launch of 5G services in India turbocharged mobile download speeds here, pushing the country's ranking 72 notches higher to 47th spot in Speedtest Global Index, ahead of nations like Japan, the UK and Brazil, according to Ookla. India's speed performance has zoomed up 3.59 times since the introduction of 5G, it said dubbing the country's 5G advancement as "remarkable". In this global pecking order, India ranked not only ahead of its neighbours like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, but also some G20 countries, such as Mexico (90th), Turkey (68th), the UK (62nd), Japan (58th), Brazil (50th place), and South Africa (48th place).
Oil to telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL) has initiated the process to seek shareholders' approval for the appointment of the third generation of the Ambani family on the company's board. The remote voting through postal ballot will start from September 27 onwards. In a separate note, CreditSights said a trust and hold-co model could be a possibility for the anticipated succession at RIL.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate's pleas seeking an early hearing into the appeals challenging the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
The next spectrum auction will be held in late February 2024 and the reserve price for most bands will remain the same as the 2022 auction, department of telecommunications (DoT) officials have said. The government expects operators to go for low bands beginning in 600 megahertz (MHz), licences for many of which are lapsing soon. Back in September 2021, the government had decided that spectrum auctions should be held annually.
India will become one of the top 10 telecom powers in the world by the year 2006, Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, said in New Delhi on Saturday, at the Pravasi Bhartiya conference.
In insolvency proceedings, Ericsson will be treated as only an operational creditor and may end up losing the Rs 550 crore
'Interim Budget has ignited the entrepreneurial spirit.'
Country's largest telecom player Jio has completed 5G coverage planning in top 1,000 cities and conducted field trials of its home-grown 5G telecom gears, Reliance Industries said in its annual report. In the report, RIL (Reliance Industries Limited) said that Jio took major steps during 2021-22 in getting ready for 5G with its 100 per cent indigenous technology. The company was the biggest bidder in the recently-concluded 5G spectrum auction.
Mirroring the growth in cellular services, the basic telecom including the WLL (mobile) services, has touched 31.82 lakh customers, with Reliance Infocomm leading the tally with 16.7 lakh at the end of June this year.
He allegedly advanced the cut-off date to favour accused firms in allocation of 2G licences.
The Aam Aadmi Party has demanded the dismissal of Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad alleging a conflict of interest that has prevented him from issuing a notice to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio on the 4G issue, a charge vehemently denied by Prasad who said he never gave advice or appeared for the company.
On examination of documents, registrar of companies concludes that Swan Telecom was an associate company of Reliance Telecom Limited/Reliance Communication Limited and an ADA Group company.
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