Zuckerberg is kicking off a tour of Europe on Monday.
Firms come out with detailed communiqu for consumers that counter Jio's claims of cheap data
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.
Agreement between Bharti Airtel and Loop Mobile, which offers mobile services in Mumbai, expired on October 31
Amid escalating protest against the lynching of a rape accused by a mob in Nagaland's Dimapur, Internet and text messaging services have been blocked across the state till Monday evening.
'Everybody has freedom, but you cannot start a fire in a crowded theatre.'
Homegrown chat application Hike messenger on Wednesday said it will offer free voice calls to its users over 2G, 3G and wi-fi services across the globe in over 200 countries.
This will be in line with government's vision of Digital India.
Market breadth was weak with 1239 losers and 1078 gainers on the BSE.
The Department of Telecom may bar operators holding 3G airwaves from sharing the high-speed spectrum.
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%
Desperate people waiting for a lift or walking on foot has become a common sight in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley where public transport has remained suspended for the past 80 days.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended the session at 25,342, up 3 points while the Nifty50 closed at 7,738 points.
Samsung eyes growth in consumer electronics business in 80 districts through its service vans, and adding over 250 service points and as many resident engineers.
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
Average data usage on Airtel India network grew about three fold to 2611 megabyte (about 2.5 GB) per customer from 904 MB on YoY basis. But the average revenue from the data services per customer declined by 22.7 per cent during the period.
Curfew continued to cripple the Valley for the tenth day.
'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.
Reliance joins a number of large companies, including the Essar and Adani groups, which are raising loans abroad as interest rates in India remain high.
High spectrum charges would lead to rise in mobile services rates and adversely impact government's Digital India initiative by impeding telecom network expansion.
The auction will help operators augment expansion of high-speed 4G voice and data services in the world's second largest mobile phone market.
The telephone subscriber base was 996.49 million at the end of March.
Fraudsters duplicate SIM cards to hack into bank accounts.
The interconnection charge has been reduced.
The telecom to look at opportunities to acquire another firm in India.
Will help the government expand mobile and broadband penetration in the country
If and when this latest crisis moves towards resolution, it's unlikely that the economic solutions will take much precedence, says Sreenivasan Jain.
Aam Aadmi Party on Monday claimed that a whopping 98.5 lakh people had joined it as members during a special drive over the last 17 days even as it added that the campaign to expand its base amongst the people has now been extended till Lok Sabha polls.
'It will cause problems for people who deal in small amounts of cash.' 'I hope it does not cause law and order problems.'
Gross refining margins may decline sequentially but improving petro-chem margins will boost earnings
The operating profit growth rate of mobile service providers is expected to double in next two years buoyed by increase in call rates and clarity in policy, credit rating agency CRISIL has said.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, on October 15, gave its recommendation on spectrum auction for premium 900 Mhz band and 1800 Mhz band that are presently being used for 2G GSM mobile services by Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications.
Government's resolution on the contentious issue of spectrum usage fee seems to have found favour with telecom operators with none of them withdrawing their application from airways auction on the last day on Monday.
In a nation divided by many things, the 12-digit unique identity number is holding lives to ransom.
Kotak Mahindra Bank to have a 19.9% stake in the proposed banking venture.
DoT had raised the demand on December 22 and asked RCom to pay within a month.
Both Airtel and Vodafone claim they did everything possible to resume services.
TDSAT had stated no amount was payable till resolution of the disputes.
Concerned over the series of attacks on mobile phone towers in the valley, the Centre also issued an advisory to the state government.
Of the 700-odd Indians having foreign bank accounts, not all can be deemed to be operating these illegally.
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