A sharp dresser, with a prominent jawline, Kohli will now have to contend with aggressive competition from Vodafone-Essar, perhaps the toughest so far in his career.
Sunil Mittal will become executive chairman.
Amid a social media storm over the death of a young employee at tax consultancy major EY allegedly due to work pressure, Deloitte has formed a three-member external committee, which includes former revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj, to look into practices, policies and processes concerning employees, its South Asia CEO Romal Shetty said on Friday. Shetty said to manage the work pressure within the organisation and have an open work culture, Deloitte has a chief happiness officer and takes strictest action for any bad behaviour within the organisation. Deloitte is one of the four major global tax consultancy firms.
Gujarat and Karnataka have been ranked as the best performers in developing startup ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs, according to the ranking of states and Union territories by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). Among smaller states having population of less than one crore, Meghalaya has been adjudged as the best performer. The rankings are based on the initiatives taken to develop the startup ecosystem for promoting budding entrepreneurs.
The man: Manoj Kohli, the affable CEO of Bharti Airtel's international business. The challenge: Replicate Bharti's low-cost operational model so successful in India across 16 diverse African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Congo.
India's largest cellular service company Bharti Airtel will invest $600 million in Nigeria's mobile market following its take over of Zain Telecom's African business for around SUD 10.7 billion.
India will shortly unveil a 'One Nation-One Card policy' for public transport that will entail connectivity between various modes of transport
ontinuing its acquisition spree in the international market, Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said the company will acquire 100 per cent stake in Telecom Seychelles for $62 million (about Rs 288 crore).
Sanjay Kapoor is the man handpicked by Sunil Mittal, the founder promoter of Bharti Enterprises, to get the next 100 million subscribers for the group's mobile telephony arm, Bharti Airtel. In the space of just a year, Kapoor has been promoted a second time.
The move is aimed at enhancing its focus on expanding operations in international markets beyond India and South Asia and to further consolidate its leadership position in India, the company said.
Telecom minister A Raja had said that mobile tariffs should come down to 10 paise for local calls and for 25 paise STD calls per minute.
Hong Kong-based Finance Asia conducts the annual poll to find Asia's top companies in different categories, including Best CEO, it said. In the best managed company category, HDFC Bank came third while in corporate governance category, the bank was ranked second after Infosys Technologies.
Within a week of the government announcing plans to auction spectrum for 3G mobile services, India's largest private cellular operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it will launch the service by October next year.
With investors seeking clarity from the market tribunal SAT on Bharti Airtel's proposed mega deal with MTN, the Sunil Mittal company today said it is still in discussion with the South African firm.
To add to company's 'three-screen' strategy of mobile phones, IPTV and broadband.
Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday signed a five-year managed services deal valued at $500 million with Alcatel Lucent for its fixed-line and broadband operations.
Bharti Airtel said on Wednesday the government has alloted additional spectrum to the company in five telecom circles in the country. The five circles are West Bengal, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (west), Assam and Haryana.
The company is also in discussions with state-run telecom major BSNL for sharing passive infrastructure across the country, Bharti Airtel's President Manoj Kohli told reporters after announcing the second quarter results. The company intends to have a minority stake in its tower company after the demerger.
In a disclosure on the National Stock Exchange, Airtel said Kohli sold 70,000 shares in the company on March 9.
The 50 million customers span mobile, broadband and fixed telephone services, with wireless segment estimated to be contributing as much as 96 per cent (47.99 million) of the total base.
Companies are awarding even more stock to make up for the lost share prices. Except that the market, in its infinite wisdom, seems to be telling India's middle class millionaires that stock is no longer a currency for compensation, says Govindraj Ethiraj.
Telecom major Bharti Televentures on Tuesday announced batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar as its new brand ambassador besides unveiling a brand campaign -- Express Yourself -- for its mobile service brand AirTel.
SoftBank will hold majority stake in the joint venture.
Bharti Televentures on Thursday announced plans to provide GSM services to six eastern and north-eastern states as well as to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, in two phases.
Bharti Televentures on Friday slashed the cost of its prepaid coupons for cellphone to Rs 50 and tied-up with Motorola and Samsung to offer mobile phone handsets with its airtime at low rates.
AirTel on Wednesday launched a consolidated strategy for the western region -- InnoWest -- and roped in batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar as its brand ambassador.
Unveiling an aggressive expansion plan, telecom major Bharti Tele-Ventures on Monday said it would invest Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) during 2004-05 to cover more than 2,300 towns by March next year.
AirTel on Friday announced a new post-paid plan, where the monthly rental is nil with a minimum usage of Rs 500, and the outgoing local call charge is pegged at Rs 2.40 per minute.
Within a year of Gopal Vittal becoming the joint MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel's India operations, the company has elevated him as the MD and CEO for Bharti Airtel's operations in India and South Asia.
The acquisition will make Airtel the largest mobile operator in the Republic of Congo with around 2.6 million customers, the company said in a statement.
A billion dollars in renewable energy is huge.
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