Every service provider, say analysts, now needs to make a much larger investment, and therefore needs a much larger share of the market to be profitable.
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India plans to provide the probe team from Pakistan access to all witnesses in the Pathankot terror attack case but not security personnel from the National Security Guard or the Border Security Force.
After 5 yrs, firm's offer to set up private satellites for digital push has seen some interest from Isro
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The existing shareholders will get one RPL share for each RCom share (of Rs 130 market price) held.
The uniform SUC, if implemented as per recommendations made by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, will provide relief for mobile operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, but will increase rates for broadband wireless access spectrum holders like RJIL.
Discussions are on in government about how to make the process simpler for the poor and more cost-effective for telecom operators, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
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.
Soni is a soft treatment of a very complex subject, feels Sreehari Nair.
Pricing, durability, battery life, camera and magnetic charging are the five reasons why the Sony Xperia Z3 will fare better than Apple's latest, the iPhone 6.
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).
Yes. While the Indian variant launched August 11 comes with 4GB RAM, Samsung is all charged up to release the 6GB variant in China on August 26.
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SpiceJet's ex promoter Ajay Singh is trying hard to pump in huge money into the airline.
Investors will remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
DoT and the company have not done anything that breached the guidelines mentioned in the notice inviting applications for the auction of the BWA spectrum in 2010, it stated in a reply to CAG's draft audit report.
Mayura Janwalkar travels to Kedambe, a tiny village in Maharashtra's Satara district, now better known as 26/11 hero Tukaram Omble's home. An excerpt from 26/11 Stories Of Strength by The Indian Express.
The Odisha government is preparing for Cyclone Phailin -- which is expected to hit the east coast on Saturday evening -- on a war footing.
The smartphones have 5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen.
RIP headphone jack, hello Super Mario Bros. Welcome, beautiful!
In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices extended gains and were up over 1% each
'Not only have we rescued 1,700 fishermen but on the morning of November 30, we evacuated 1,044 fishing folk, otherwise the missing numbers would have been much higher.'
DoT had raised the demand on December 22 and asked RCom to pay within a month.
Mata Amritanandamayi's hospital has developed protein nanomedicines for drug-resistant leukemia and nano-structured wafers to prevent recurrence of brain tumours
Lenders, with Rs 600-cr exposure to telco, want it to sell properties to repay loans.
The Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing are at loggerheads with the Home Ministry for its proposal to allow international roaming for Pakistanis on Indian soil as they believe it will be misused. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Airtel Zero launched with the promise of free access to apps.
In January this year, Tata Sons invested an additional Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) in Tata Teleservices which was used to repay loans of the wireless telephony company.
The amount generated so far is about 86 per cent of what the 3G auction fetched in 2010.
Its says reconsider lower reserve price, uniform usage charges; GSM players to bear the brunt.
On this technological revolution, we are 7-10 years behind the US. So, the threat to newspapers doesn't exist now, says Trai Chairman Rahul Khullar.
Mittal said that overall, he expected that by March 2018, the "dust will settle down" for the entire industry.
How did Mansoor Peerbhoy, an academically bright, suave and soft-spoken young man, who never exhibited any jihadist tendencies, go on to head the Indian Mujahideen's media cell?
The government will get an additional revenue of 20 per cent from the auction of the 1,800 MHz and 900 MHz bands of spectrum, based on the Telecom Commission's recommendations, compared with those of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
Telecom Commission approves high base price of Rs 11,485 cr per Mhz for 700-Mhz frequency; no decision taken on proposed standard spectrum usage charges of 4.5%
RJio is targeting the existing base of high-value customers.
The deal between Bharti group and Tata Teleservices is yet another example of how swiftly things can change in business.
Nifty ends above 8,400; TCS, HDFC surge 2%, Bajaj Auto dips 2%.
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While the systems in place at leading Indian bourses are considered to be very robust and can withstand any possible technical glitches, it is advisable to conduct a precautionary check after an unprecedented three-hour trading halt at a large exchange like Nasdaq, a senior Sebi official said.
To revive the two state-run telecom operators, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), the government is likely to waive the one-time fee these telcos need to pay for retaining additional spectrum.
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