Blind categorisation of OTTs with TSPs is damaging as the two are fundamentally different. It is naive to claim 'same service, same rules' when the services are so utterly different, says T V Ramachandran.
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The upgrade comes after the domestic markets scaled their lifetime highs last week.
This equity capital infusion is the country's largest-ever FDI.
Airtel said it will implement 25 per cent more stringent mobile call drop benchmark of 1.5 per cent versus 2 per cent prescribed by the regulator Trai.
Jio has accused incumbent telecom operators for not providing the required number of equipment to connect its mobile network with theirs
While Reliance has the clout to negotiate prices with suppliers for its e-commerce, not to forget the cost advantage of integrated warehouse and supply chains, Amazon and Walmart are no pushovers, they too have deep pockets.
The deal between Bharti group and Tata Teleservices is yet another example of how swiftly things can change in business.
Data is the new oil, and intelligent data is the new petrol, said Mukesh Ambani
Zee5 is now the fifth largest streaming app after YouTube, Hotstar, MX Player and Voot, and there is talk of hiving off Zee5 to drive valuation, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Reliance Jio submitted the highest pre-auction deposit.
The Jio-Bharti battle will not just be limited to mobile telephony but will extend to the fibre to home space too.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is expected to use between 30,000 and 45,000 mobile towers when it starts offering 4G services in the third or fourth quarter of this financial year, according to Credit Suisse.
Premiumisation, improving demand aid realisation growth at most large firms
The management plans to invest Rs 27,000 crore in 2019-20, supported by savings of around Rs 14,000 crore that it expects to come from synergising operations of merged entities.
Netflix and Prime have decided that rather than only buying the rights to Bollywood blockbusters to expand their reach in India, producing original content would be a better idea.
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.
Spectrum auction: Govt revenues reach Rs 1.02 tln on Day 10
Sudha Murty has various roles -- philanthropist, author, teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt -- and she revels in each one of them, discovers Savera R Someshwar.
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
Raises cap of market share for merged entity to 50%, spectrum trading allowed, with riders.
Blind spots of the company were two-fold - managing cash flow and investments to upgrade technology and continue research and development.
The telecom sector's adjusted gross revenues have grown 13.2% year-on-year in the June quarter.
A user will need to buy a 4G-enabled handset and then upgrade his or her existing 2G/3G SIM card to a USIM (Universal SIM)/4G SIM.
Goldman Sachs forecasts real GDP growth to accelerate to 7.9 per cent in FY17 from a projected 7.5 per cent in FY16.
Urvi Malvania reveals STAR India's big plans for IPL-11.
The businessmen in the Maharashtra have given a cry of 'remove Ajit Pawar' against the high tariff of electricity.
Upfront payment of Rs 32,000 cr just half of Budget estimate; no takers for 700 & 900 megahertz bands
Long before he launched Paytm, Vijay Shankar Sharma, a 32 year old from Aligarh, embarked on his ambitious entrepreneurial journey.
Big three telecom companies term Jio's free voice calls predatory pricing
Availability of Wi-Fi is also expected to provide local airlines an additional source of revenues amid stiff competition in the fast growing Indian aviation market.
Google uses solar panel and wind to power electronic equipment in the balloon throughout the day.
To bring clarity, the department clearly defines terms such as promoter and competitor.
'The service we are offering is for all telcos and not just Bharti.'
To outgoing Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao, negotiating big deals was an art form, as an international report pointed out after the $130-billion sale of Vodafone's 45 per cent stake in Verizon Wireless, says Nivedita Mookerji.
S&P BSE Midcap shed 0.8% while S&P BSE Smallcap tumbled 0.6%
Rituparna Chakraborty, co-founder and EVP, TeamLease Services explains which sectors will contribute to India's growth story.
More than 87 per cent of the spectrum has been allocated to bidders.
Currently, MNP is only available within a state/circle.
Automaker to shift 200-300 workers from its Pantnagar facility to handle increased manufacturing.
Letter to telecom secretary alleges Jio is masquerading full-blown services in the guise of a trial; no word from Reliance.
