Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications on Tuesday announced a strategic alliance with US-based GetJar, the world's second-largest app store to avail over 65,000 free mobile applications for R-Com's over 100-million subscribers.
The CBI in 2006 had registered a case against six top officials, including Manoj Modi, of the company, which has since then been transfered to Anil Ambani as part of family settlement to divide Reliance Empire.
Reliance Big Entertainment has agreed to acquire 50 per cent shareholding in Codemasters, the company said in a statement. The company, however, did not disclose amount involved in this deal.
On June 27, the boards of GTL, RCom and its subsidiary Reliance Infratel Ltd had given in-principle approvals to the Rs 50,000-crore ($11 billion) merger deal to create the world's largest independent telecom infrastructure company, neither owned nor controlled by any telecom operator.
Consequently, Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Power will not get any extra gas for its four power plants, including the existing Samalkot power plant in Andhra Pradesh. Senior government officials said the minutes of the meeting of the empowered group of ministers on the New Exploration Licensing Policy had been finalised.
The government on Tuesday invited financial bids from all the nine applicants, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Tata Teleservices and RCom, who had applied for participating in 3G spectrum auction.
The loan is funded by a consortium of banks led by Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, DBS Bank Ltd and Intesa Sanpaolo Spa, RCom said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The intensifying tariff war among telecommunication players in India is likely to result in consolidation of smaller, regional and startup operators in the telecom space, global research firm Macquarie says.
Reliance Communications, whose board on Tuesday approved the proposal for Reliance Infratel IPO, would also consider fund raising through qualified institutional placement basis at an appropriate time.
While the list of CEOs given to the French media mentioned Gautam Adani, the list given to the Indian media omitted his name.
Reliance Jio to take over mobile business assets of troubled RCom at an estimated value of Rs 24,000-Rs 25,000 crore.
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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The company added 2.8 million wireless subscribers on its GSM and CDMA platforms in the month of June, RCom said in a statement. RCom offers telephony services on both GSM and CDMA platforms.
The verdict, upholding Centre's November 15, 2019, notification bringing personal guarantors of corporate debtors under the net of the IBC, assumes significance in view of the fact that various high-profile industrialists may now face insolvency proceedings along with their debt-ridden firms under the IBC.
Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications will acquire Digicable, the country's largest cable TV service provider, in an all-stock deal believed to be worth about $1 billion.
Reliance Infratel, the tower arm of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications, has agreed to merge its 50,000-tower portfolio with GTL Infrastructure in a cash and stock deal, making it arguably one of the largest merger and acquisition transactions in India.
The revised GSMA was signed pursuant to the Supreme Court's May 7 judgement, turning down RNRL's demand for cheap gas from RIL based on a family agreement.
The government on Tuesday tabled in Parliament the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report on 2G spectrum allocation, whose reported extracts have created a political storm and led to the resignation of Telecom Minister A Raja.
After announcing his re-entry into telecom a few days ago following a patch-up with younger brother Anil Ambani, Reliance Industries' chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday said that prospects of the sector were much brighter now than they were at the time when he had spearheaded the undivided group's foray.
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Also mandates pursuing other consolidation options.
While most analysts had valued Reliance Capital's stake in Reliance Life Insurance at Rs. 285 per share, or about Rs. 7,000 crore, this deal values it at Rs. 468 per share of Reliance Capital, which is a huge premium.
In a major development, the two Ambani brothers -- Mukesh and Anil -- on Sunday decided to bury their differences and create an environment of harmony, co-operation and collaboration between their groups. "All existing non-compete agreement between the two groups executed in January 2006 cancelled," the Anil Ambani group said in a statement. The harmony comes within a few days of the Supreme Court declining to give any relief to the younger brother in the gas dispute.
However, no formal confirmation of the meeting and the issues discussed could be obtained from either group.
One of the country's biggest corporate court battles, between Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil, had a celebrity spectator -- King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan.
The Supreme Court, on Friday, will pronounce its verdict on the nation's most talked corporate battle over gas supply, outcome of which will shape the future of flagship energy firms run by brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani.
As many as five women have made it to Forbes India magazine's list of the 100 richest Indians this year, including O P Jindal Group chairperson Savitri Jindal, who surpassed billionaire Anil Ambani to attain fifth position in the list.
Anil Ambani Group company Reliance Capital has acquired a 4.98 per cent stake in an infra developer Trinethra Infra through an open market transaction.
Top industrialists including Sunil Mittal, chairman, Bharti Airtel on Thursday called on Home Minister P Chidambaram.
The new fund, which is different from gold exchange traded funds that require subscribers to have a demat account, will also offer investors the option to invest as little as Rs 100 per month, the company said in Mumbai.
If completed, the 50-50 joint venture would value Reliance Communications' cable assets at $1 billion, the newspaper said, adding Citic Telecom beat out two other bidders from West Asia earlier this month.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Energy, Tata Power, GMR and aluminium manufacturer Nalco are keen to enter nuclear power business, NPCIL Director (Finance) JK Ghai said.
Anil Ambani-led Reliance companies have bagged three awards including the Asia-Pacific Project Sponsor of the Year, announced by Project Finance Magazine of Euromoney Publications on Monday.
Announcing that he would take up the issue with the telecom ministry, he demanded a probe by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India into the hammering of Reliance Communications scrip in the last few days.
Reliance ADA Group challenged Sibal to bring on record anything to support his 'wild allegations,' while adding that it would file criminal proceedings against DGH.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Broadcast Network on Wednesday said it has completed its final negotiations with US media conglomerate CBS Corp to form a JV to own and operate TV channels.