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.
Mumbai has fastest 4G speed, Ahmedabad most consistent, says wireless coverage mapping firm OpenSignal
The Essar Oil, Rosneft deal also helped Arpwood Capital, boutique investment bank, co-founded by Rajeev Gupta and Raj Kataria, to grab the second spot in the mergers and acquisitions league table.
Bharti to spend Rs 1,600 cr for spectrum payout over 10 yrs; Telenor to service its own debt.
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The exploration and production assets of Essar Oil will not be part of the Rosneft deal and would continue to remain with the Group.
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This will be the first time BJP's prime ministerial candidate holds a discussion with IT, telecom czars.
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Gujarat-based tea major will run a Rs 2-cr roadblock on Hindi and regional news channels.
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The big beneficiaries of this move will be the big three -- Bharti, Vodafone and Idea.
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Spectrum auction: Govt revenues reach Rs 1.02 tln on Day 10
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.
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Telecom companies put in bids worth a total of about Rs 45,000 crore (Rs 450 billion) on the second day of the auction on Tuesday, with premium 900 Mhz band in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata witnessing continuing demand.
For 2100-MHz, 2300-MHz and 2500-MHz bands across circles; aim to offer these with 3G and 4G in February
More than 87 per cent of the spectrum has been allocated to bidders.
'The world wants India to succeed. It also worries now that India over-promises and under-delivers,' says Shekhar Gupta.
ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
The amount generated so far is about 86 per cent of what the 3G auction fetched in 2010.
What we want from spectrum allocation is access to broadband networks at prices that will result in productivity gains.
Have committed themselves to investing Rs 1,85,000 crore since last year.
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'Power sits lightly on Arun Jaitley's shoulders. Just because earth-shaking election results have brought his party in power, he has not gone recklessly ambitious. "Too soon, too fast" is not what he likes,' says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com about Budget 2014.
On day 1, says retrospective taxation should be avoided; Sets up special investigation team to unearth black money.
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'The middle class you can hurt anytime. For revenues, politics, pleasure, anything,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
Rationalisation of reserve prices in the ongoing spectrum auction helped the government to get Rs 40,000 crore of bids on the opening day.
The broader markets, however, outperformed the benchmark indices -- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended up 0.6%-1%.
Happy at the clear mandate given by voters to the BJP-led NDA, India Inc on Friday exuded confidence that Narendra Modi will initiate bold and decisive policy reforms to promote economic growth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Britain has seen India and the UK agreeing on Rs 90,000 crore deals.
The justice delivery system is struggling to cope, creaking at the joints and bursting at the seams. Indian courts have to deal with about 30 million cases with a judicial strength of just about 19,000 judges.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
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