Telecom dispute appellate body TDSAT on Thursday stayed the telecom department's demand of Rs 1,376 crore from Bharti Airtel in unpaid past dues that defunct telco Videocon Telecommunications owed.
Tariffs need to go up; more needs to be done on GST, licence fee, high levies but that's a separate chapter, says Bharti chairman
The BSE telecom index has touched a new all-time high on Thursday, suggesting positive sentiment over the next few sessions
While most brokerages have given a thumbs up to the development and suggest the provisions give some breathing space to Vodafone Idea (VI), Bharti and Reliance Jio, too, stand to gain
Cabinet rationalises AGR definition, excludes non-telecom revenue of telcos from payment of statutory levies, allows 100% automatic FDI in telecom sector with safeguards
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal on Wednesday said the telecom sector reforms approved by the Cabinet will ensure that the industry is able to invest fearlessly
At 01:43 pm; Bharti Airtel traded 5.4 per cent higher at Rs 731.80, with an m-cap of Rs 4.02 trillion
According to data provided by NSE, futures contracts of HDFC, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, TCS and RIL jumped around 10 per cent each for a few nanoseconds in early trading
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S&P said Airtel's "improving operating fundamentals should improve its margins and Ebitda"
OneWeb is racing against Elon Musk's rival Starlink system to offer internet to consumers and businesses in regions of the world where terrestrial fixed and wireless connections aren't profitable
The 4G-enabled smartphone, known as JioPhone Next, has been developed in partnership with Google and will be priced below Rs 5,000.
Bharti's rights issue is credit positive for the company, Moody's Investors Service has said as it noted that the fresh capital would keep the leverage relatively stable
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has successfully conducted India's first cloud-gaming session in a 5G environment. The demonstration was conducted in Manesar, Gurgaon, as part of the ongoing 5G trials, using spectrum allotted by the Department of Telecom, the company said. Speaking to reporters at a virtual briefing, Randeep Sekhon, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Bharti Airtel, said mobile gaming is a new phenomenon and gaining popularity. Cloud gaming will be one of the biggest use cases of 5G, given the combination of high speed and low latency, he added. "This is just the beginning of an exciting digital future that Airtel will enable for its customers as we prepare to roll out 5G in India," Sekhon noted. Cloud gaming enables users to stream and play games in real-time without having to download these or invest in gaming hardware. With the advent of 5G networks, cloud gaming is expected to become the "new normal" as users would be able to experience high-
Eleven Sensex stocks, including RIL, Bharti Airtel, Titan Company, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, HCL Technologies and Nestle India have gained more than 10 per cent in the last one month
Sunil Mittal's reappointment gets 10% against votes
'In a do-or-die effort, Mr Mittal's target is an ARPU of at least Rs 200 by the end of this financial year', says the author
Bharti will raise equity in three tranches, a quarter of the proceeds to be received upfront and the balance in two instalments within three years
This is not the first time that Bharti Airtel has followed its arch rival's strategy. Over 4G, it followed a similar policy too which differentiated them both from their legacy telecom rivals
Bharti Airtel's staggered equity capital raise may also create adequate headroom to prepare for a scenario of plausible exit of Vodafone Idea in the medium term, fear analysts