The Treo smartphone will be introduced on Airtel's network and Palm officials claim it was an exclusive deal with the service provider and retailed around Rs 27,000.
Chandra said WWIL, perceived as trailing the pack in Mumbai, had actually accounted for 75,000 set-top boxes in Mumbai out of the 150,000 installed in the new conditional access system environment being ushered into the city.
Profit from its retail business jumped 77 per cent to Rs 1,923 crore and that from telecom rose by 78.3 per cent to Rs 2,665 crore.
Companies have activated a comprehensive pandemic response plan with requisite risk mitigation protocols for keeping networks working as telecom is an essential service.
Nokia announced that it is selling the division for 3.8 billion euros and a 10-year license to its wireless patent portfolio for 1.65 billion euros, or the combined equivalent of 1.4 euros per share in cash, according to Deutsche Bank.
The deal between Bharti group and Tata Teleservices is yet another example of how swiftly things can change in business.
As the new owner, Airtel will take over Telenor India's spectrum, licences and operations, including its employees and customer base of 44 million.
Reliance is leveraging the technological change of building a virtualised 5G network which would see the current hardware-dependent networks shift to software-centric platforms.
The firm would require it to more than triple its CAGR of revenue to 18.5% for the next decade from 6%
Industry experts say there will be problems, as power supply is a concern for providing uninterrupted service
Mumbai has fastest 4G speed, Ahmedabad most consistent, says wireless coverage mapping firm OpenSignal
With this acquisition, Airtel will be second company, after Reliance Jio, in the country to have pan-India presence in 2300 Mhz band
Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL increase subscriber share while Idea manages to retain
While participation of start-ups in the space sector has largely been minimal so far, their involvement will be key towards building India's very own aerospace companies such as Maxar, Elon Musk's SpaceX and Rocket Labs, according to experts.
The oil-to-telecom conglomerate reported an 8.8 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 10,251 crore, or Rs 17.3 per share, in the third quarter ended December 31, 2018.
The 4G service may use Reliance Retail, with a surging customer base, as the launch pad
China Development Bank takes Reliance Communications to NCLT over loan default
'Considering that an Internet company's market value is largely determined by its direct access to consumers for digital services, and largely served outside a sovereign country's control, it would appear reasonable in trade terms to discuss fees for a seat at the proverbial 'table' of opportunities in the largest open consumer market,' argues Venki Nishtala.
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.
Jio's disruptive strategy, including free voice services and data at throwaway rates, apart from offering all services free for six months, triggered a consolidation in the telecom sector.
Cheap data plans, affordable handsets, increasing popularity of video services and 4G networks have helped average data consumption per user in India to grow to over 11 GB a month, telecom gear maker Nokia said on Thursday. Nokia -- in its annual Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBiT) report -- said the overall data traffic in India increased by 47 per cent in 2019, driven by continued 4G consumption. 4G data constitute 96 per cent of the total data traffic consumed across the country, while 3G data traffic registered its highest ever decline of 30 per cent, it added.
RIL has signed an infrastructure sharing agreement with Reliance Communications (RCom, of the Dhirubhai Ambani group) to launch its services.
Airtel's 4G service runs on 2,300 MHz long-term evolution (LTE) spectrum in all nine circles, which is difficult to access while indoors.
Finnish telecom firm Nokia on Wednesday said it demonstrated a record 4G speed that enables a high-definition movie to be downloaded in only 11 seconds.
Company has plans to launch its latest 4G enabled phone Lumia 830 priced at around Rs 26,000 before taxes by Oct.
Commercial services may start in Mar-Apr next year
As India's online population crosses 450 million, e-commerce ventures are trying to grab a pie of online sales estimated to hit $48 billion by 2020.
The brand integration not only marks the completion of the largest telecom merger in the world, but will also set the company on its future journey to offer strong digital experiences to 1 billion Indians on its 4G network.
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.
Tax demands and regulatory hassles, coupled with low internet density and sundry other problems, would have kept Mr Ma awfully busy - and small.
In-depth understanding of various concepts and programming languages is what employers are looking for, says Sarvesh Agrawal.
Banks have Rs 10 trillion in stressed assets - Rs 7.8 trillion of bad loans and Rs 2.2 trillion of restructured ones.
Nadella advised the start-up community to learn from the failures
The system will wed BlackBerry's security platform with the South Korean company's own security software for its Galaxy devices.
The letter was written on February 20, two weeks after the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs had approved the 100 per cent ownership proposal of Vodafone Plc in Vodafone India, at a proposed investment of Rs 10,141 crore (Rs 101.41 billion).
Year 2013 saw business leaders facing the ire of hostile investigative agencies.
On September 4, Trai issued a consultation paper on call drops.
Mukesh Ambani said the Digital India initiative has the potential to transform the lives of 1.2 billion Indians using the power of digital technology.
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