'I feel more like a chess player, thinking for long hours how to make the next move," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan tells Surajeet Das Gupta.
In UK, France and Germany, the president and CEO of Edelweiss Securities, anticipates votes incrementally in favour of local protection and de-globalisation.
Investors will remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
Beware, it's not just criminals who want your data!
RBI's fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meet due tomorrow also kept the investors on their toes.
Spectrum was sold at about 68 per cent premium.
The big advantage that Jio is able to garner currently is its low cost of operations.
Mittal said that overall, he expected that by March 2018, the "dust will settle down" for the entire industry.
The big beneficiaries of this move will be the big three -- Bharti, Vodafone and Idea.
iPhone sales in India were up by 56 per cent during the period.
The telecom sector is in the midst of another major shift as voice gives way to data.
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio Infocomm and five other telecom firms will battle it out at the spectrum auction tomorrow, from which the government expects to garner at least Rs 11,300 crore (Rs 113 billion).
The lack of bandwidth and content means it will be a long time before online streaming services take off in India.
Monsoon is expected to be normal in June.
Sensex may remain under pressure this week due to weak global factors.
Mamata Banerjee said availability of land won't be a problem in Bengal as the state government has a land bank.
Its says reconsider lower reserve price, uniform usage charges; GSM players to bear the brunt.
Ambani said, in the telecom space, the focus will be on debt reduction, and the virtual merger did away with the need for major capex and will help towards this
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
Markets end in the red, midcaps in focus
RJio is targeting the existing base of high-value customers.
Spectrum auction took off on Wednesday from Rs 58,980.29 crore (Rs 589.80 billion) mark with demand for the premium 900 Mhz band seemingly tapering off at the end of 56 rounds.
Telecom companies put in bids worth a total of about Rs 45,000 crore (Rs 450 billion) on the second day of the auction on Tuesday, with premium 900 Mhz band in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata witnessing continuing demand.
Rationalisation of reserve prices in the ongoing spectrum auction helped the government to get Rs 40,000 crore of bids on the opening day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to urge Tim Cook to begin manufacturing its prized iPhones in India.
The broader markets, however, outperformed the benchmark indices -- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended up 0.6%-1%.
RIL has faced protests from local authorities, activists and residents across India campaigning against masts and roadworks.
With a string of deals with telecom service providers, DTH operators and Bollywood stars, Netflix goes all out to protect its turf in India and fend off competition, says Viveat Pinto.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
Investor sentiment got a boost following remarks from the Russian President Putin that allayed fears of an imminent military conflict in Ukraine
Sensex, Nifty end the day in red on unfavourable cues from global markets.
Year 2013 saw business leaders facing the ire of hostile investigative agencies.
'If you look at voice and data realisations in India, they are the lowest in the world.'
Sensex in green, JSW climbs higher.
With Airtel and RCom already having launched their special offers for post-paid customers, and RJio around the corner, Vodafone makes its move with Red.
'The film industry will remain soft targets and continue to be picked upon with no respite, with no choice but to give in due to personal safety and financial compulsions,' says director Suparn Verma.
Corporate legal cases kept India Inc on its toes in 2014 as high stake matters on coal, telecom and mining came up in the Supreme Court, which also sent Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to jail.
The numbers in India may not be as big but the opportunity for serious growth is all there.
Roadshows will be held in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, New York and Boston, NTPC gained close to 1%.
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%
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