Analysts have pointed out that with the dues arising out of the SC judgment there could soon be only two private telcos in the country, and not three - Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea - as now.
The exchange also asked traders to square off their trading positions in three contracts -- gold February 2015, kapas March 2015 and kapas April 2015.
DoT officials, under fear of allegation of their conniving with telecom operators for lowering penalty, directly impose the maximum penalty that can be levied on service providers.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said it should be mandatory for those filing public interest litigations against the government on development projects to declare their source of funds, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned the judiciary against being influenced by "five-star activists".
Some years ago, Rakesh Gangwal reportedly said his relationship with Rahul Bhatia evolved in an amazing friendship, which he termed 'blind trust'. The question is whether that is under scrutiny now.
At present, there is no direct air connectivity between India and Myanmar.
Are the big five using their dominance to shut out rivals? That is the key question, says Prosenjit Datta.
Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL increase subscriber share while Idea manages to retain
SC raised questions over the government's decision ordering mandatory seeding of mobile numbers with Aadhaar.
'If the RBI blesses us with a banking licence, we would like to launch a successful bank.'
Uber, the US-based online taxi-hailing firm, would not take any commission from its drivers in New Delhi until uncertainty over how it could operate in the country's capital city was cleared up, it said on Tuesday.
The govt is expected to achieve the revenue target of Rs 40,000 crore from spectrum sale this fiscal, Telecom Secretary M F Farooqui said.
Singh brothers might be stopped by 'fit & proper' hurdle due to US drug norm violations; firm says confident of qualifying.
The year 2014-15 could well go as one of long-pending financial sector reforms, expected to have a lasting impact.
India's willingness to play a big role in the manufacturing and to allow some of those vaccines to go to other developing countries will be an absolutely critical part of containing the pandemic, said Gates.
Foreign reinsurance companies are now allowed to do business in India.
RBI's draft guidelines prescribe that banks with a strong capital base and NPAs below 3% can become brokers.
Move follows a spate of international regulatory enforcements on Indian drug firms.
The big companies too are responsible for the sub-standard drugs in the market.
Ponzi schemes have characteristics that the informed investor can spot easily.
A DoT panel has backed net neutrality and made some recommendations to push the cause
The move will help telcos, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular
We need a change in mindset, says the RBI Governor.
Over 20 years, connectivity has massively expanded. But 50,000 villages have been left behind.
Telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, have been demanding "same service same rules" regime which means that mobile applications providing calls and messaging services should also be made to comply with set of rules that are mandatory for mobile service providers.
'Given the emerging trends, it may be time for India to embrace digital banking,' notes Pradipta Bagchi.
Analysts say the Sun Network's fundamentals may be sound but the troubles faced by Maran have caused a lot of volatility.
Agreement between Bharti Airtel and Loop Mobile, which offers mobile services in Mumbai, expired on October 31
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.
Charging NGOs like Greenpeace with violating Indian laws, the RSS on Sunday called US as "the global police of democracy" and questioned its defence of the two organisations.
Exchanges believe its legal status may now change, with the government pushing for digitised transactions.
Raises cap of market share for merged entity to 50%, spectrum trading allowed, with riders.
Manoj Sinha, earlier minister of state for railways, will be tasked to conduct the auction and deal with issues like net neutrality.
The suspicious van was wanted over the terror attacks and was taken into custody at Sungavila.
Mobile phone service providers alone jointly reported gross revenue of Rs 55,164.18 crore (RS 551.64 billion).
Reliance Infra-backed BSES discoms on Tuesday criticised the Delhi government for recommending to power regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission to revoke their licenses, saying the proposal was "arbitrary" and "illegal" and will be a huge setback to power sector reforms.
Coal industry expert Sunjoy Joshi tells Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com that the NDA's e-auction of coal blocks will not solve the fundamental problems that dog the industry.
Navratri and Onam saw flat sales, but industry hopes to turn the corner with a cracker of a Diwali.
Reliance Jio saw fall in speeds from 7.2 mbps in September to 6 mbps in October, according to CLSA report.
It would be perfectly possible for a rogue customer to disconnect a call and then claim compensation.
