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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicTelecom companies

Topic: Telecom companies

Gopal Gandhi on 3 Great Marathas, coronavirus hits Chinese military, says Jayadeva Ranade

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Upendra Baxi, Jayadev Ranade, Narayani Gupta, R. Jagannathan & many others.

Great Indian telecom mess: How a missed chance threatens existence of prized PSUs

Conflict over what constitutes adjusted gross revenues is behind the telecom mess, which now threatens PSUs such as GAIL, Oil India, DMRC.

India’s great telecom mess just got worse

Airtel and Vodafone Idea were already at loggerheads with the government. Now, consumers are jumping into the fray.

5G story should be about Indian tech and skills, not allowing China’s Huawei in

Although Modi government has said Huawei will only participate in 5G trials, the fear is it will be difficult to stop the Chinese firm from securing contracts.

SC agrees to hear pleas of Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Tata seeking fresh schedule of paying dues

A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde took note of submissions by a battery of senior lawyers and said it will list the fresh pleas 'sometime in next week'.

Mahesh Jethmalani calls CAA ‘humanitarian’, Jindal’s C Raj Kumar says it won’t pass SC

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Nawab Malik’s ‘Pawar play’, Sanjay Raut on break-ups & who’s buttering who…

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Vodafone Idea, Airtel sending out distress signals. But they are only paying for their sins

Both Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel have pinned their losses to Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Media has described their current state as ‘bruised, battered and bleeding’.

Telecom crisis, targeting e-commerce: Is Ease of Doing Business in Modi’s India a myth?

India’s telecom crisis has deepened with Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel having to cough up thousands of crores in dues to the government.

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.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.