Topic: Bharti Airtel
25 years since India made first mobile phone call, time to focus on self-reliance, Modi says
Modi requested the telecom sector to ensure greater security at all levels against threats. Mukesh Ambani called for urgent policy changes to move from 2G to 5G.
This is how the telecom sector was rescued from bankruptcy in 1999
India’s brush with mobile telephony started in the mid-1990s, but the beginning was far from smooth.
Airtel pays Rs 10,000 crore towards statutory dues as it rushes to meet DoT deadline
Airtel owes nearly Rs 35,586 crore, including licence fee and spectrum usage charge, to the govt. The company had earlier said it will pay the remaining before 17 March.
Modi govt is open to Airtel, Vodafone pleas for relief on Rs 92,000 crore dues
Stripping out interest from the dues or paying the amount in tranches are some ideas that the government can discuss.
Supreme Court orders telecom companies to pay Rs 92,000 crore to govt
A 3-judge Supreme Court bench rejected an appeal by telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, which have been struggling to reduce debt.
Vodafone Idea not shutting down. Modi govt can ill afford it
Both Vodafone Idea and Airtel are losing customers at a rapid rate and Reliance Jio is gaining at their expense.
Jio, Airtel, Vodafone hike rates: Indians being punished by policies made after 2G scam?
India’s debt-ridden telecom players Vodafone-Idea and Bharti Airtel, along with Reliance Jio Sunday announced tariff hikes of 14-67 per cent.
Bharti Airtel posts record loss after making provision to pay Rs 30,710 crore to govt
Bharti Airtel is selling assets & paying down debt while losing money on its operations and facing a SC ruling to pay overdue fees related to spectrum & licences.
Do debt-hit private telecom firms need helping hand? Panel of civil servants to decide
India’s telecom sector has shrunk from a dozen operators to just three private firms, after Reliance Jio debuted in 2016 with free calls & cheap data.
Airtel preparing to kick off IPO of $5 billion Africa arm in May
Airtel has operations in 14 African markets including Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana.
Pollute oceans and it’ll come back at us like it did in Andhra, Telangana: Manpreet Badal
We don't seem to have learnt the lesson from cyclones Ockhi and Amphan and continue to dump toxic wastes in the Indian Ocean. Our punishment this time could be severe.
Kotak Mahindra Bank is exploring taking over IndusInd Bank
IndusInd, however, denied any sale talks, calling it a rumour. It said the bank’s founders reiterate their full support 'now and always'.
Defence
India wants to end border row with China, but will not cede an inch of land, says Rajnath Singh
The defence minister was speaking after performing 'Shastra Puja' at the Sukna-based headquarters of the Indian Army's 33 Corps in Darjeeling on the occasion of Dussehra.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.