It was Arun Sarin's first and only press conference in India on October 28, 2005. Vodafone had just bought a 10 per cent stake in Bharti.
Telcos have indicated that rates will have to be raised, as higher volumes alone will not suffice to meet the higher costs.
Ten billionaires including Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Mittal are in the world's richest list.
The company will engage various NGOs for the construction of toilets as well as undertake awareness campaigns for better sanitation, it said adding that a total of around 100,000 households would be benefited by the sanitation initiative.
Tata Steel, others sell assets abroad after taking massive impairments.
About 2.34 crore voters, spread across 78 assembly segments of the 243-strong assembly, will decide the fates of 1,204 candidates, including the Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet.
Azim Premji, the chairman of Bangalore-based software giant Wipro, is the richest Indian with a wealth worth Rs 31,198 crore (Rs 311.98 billion).
Two officers have been transferred for 'inept' handling of the entire episode.
Special CBI Judge O P Saini adjourned today's proceedings after advocate Siddharth Agarwal, appearing for Mittal, said the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear in March the separate pleas filed by Mittal and Ruia challenging the March 19, 2013 order of the trial court summoning them as accused in the case.
The move is likely to hit Bharti-Walmart, the 50:50 joint venture between the US' Walmart and Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Group that operates cash-and-carry outlets in India, the most.
There is a scope for 30 per cent reduction in mobile tariffs if the government brings down current taxes on telecom industry, Sunil Mittal, chief managing director, Bharti Enterprises said on Tuesday.
The cellular phone industry will be able to lower the tariffs if the access deficit charge is brought down, according to Sunil Mittal, the CMD of telecom major Bharti.
The government on Saturday allowed roaming facility on mobile phones for Pakistan for a period of four months, apparently in the view of the ongoing Indo-Pak cricket series.
In a bid to resolve the row between cellular and basic players, Communication and IT Minister Arun Shourie constituted on Friday a 7-member committee including Reliance's Mukesh Ambani and Bharti's Sunil Mittal
Ambani's $15 bn bet will upend Indian telecom
Reliance Infocomm led the tally of the basic subscribers with 58.8 lakh (5.88 million) till December 2003, while the all-India subscriber base rose to 81.13 lakh (8.113 million) in December from 75.63 lakh (7.563 million) in November last year.
'The book captures Rana Kapoor's hunger for real estate leading to bungalows in Delhi, Mumbai, London and other cities; the multiple companies -- over 100 -- to fund his family's various ventures; the attempt to game the system by showing lower non-performing assets,' notes Joydeep Ghosh.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
A Ganesh Nadar shares interesting vignettes that usually get lost in the heat-and-dust of election coverage.
Walmart had entered into a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises.
Many users did not know that their entitlement was not coming to their regular bank account but going to an account which they had not applied for.
'If Khan Market today -- a neon-drenched spectacle of blingy shops and pricey eateries -- is what it is, it's not due to the dramatic shift in political dispensations, but because free-market India is another country,' notes Sunil Sethi.
He also appealed to everyone to light a lamp this Diwali in the name of Lord Ram.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
India Inc on Saturday cheered the road map for lowering corporate taxation.
In April 2013, CBI had first told the Court there were "some difficulties" in the probe after it went abroad.
A billion dollars in renewable energy is huge.
Indian telecom seems to be getting back on its feet.
Sun Pharma was the biggest loser among Sensex components, plunging 3.94 per cent, followed by Tata Steel falling 3.12 per cent.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'We always believe that if you focus on the goal, you will overcome all obstacles. If you focus on the obstacles, you will never achieve your goal.'
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani continues to top India's richest list, according to the Hurun India Rich List 2014.
Barring oil and gas, all BSE sectoral indices finished in the green.
Tatas, Adani, Bharti, HDFC and Sun Groups have clocked huge gains.
NTPC was the top gainer among the Sensex stocks, rising by 3.53 per cent. Coal India, ONGC and Sun Pharma also rose up to 2.41 per cent.
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