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.
Between rapacious bureaucracy, corrupt politicians, crony businesses and economics-agnostic judiciary, we have created conditions for a telecom crisis.
Jio, which pushed its way into first place this summer with free voice calling, is raising prices just as rivals Airtel and Vodafone Idea are posting losses and selling assets to raise cash.
Bharti slipped to No. 2 in the industry last year after Idea Cellular Ltd. and Vodafone India merged to become India’s largest operator by subscribers.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
2 G scam was a total hoax. A politically motivated campaign which served its purpose. Rather it was surprising that not an iota of evidence of money trail could be produced in the court. But telecom and fdi suffered immensely because of that.
As I remember 2 scam is not really has taken place. Then what’s the problem with IdeaVodafone or Airtel . If Jio’s birth has taken place after the Same then why side effects of it .
Consumers should pay a fair price for mobile calls / data and air travel. Also for products they order from e commerce sites. Pricing patterns where businesses bleed money harm them in the long run, because they damage the economy. Create mounds of NPAs. 2. As far as the telecom industry is concerned, apart from predatory pricing, led by Reliance Jio, the government’s bite is too large. Whether it is spectrum, licence fees, other charges, its consolidated share of gross revenues should be sustainable for all stakeholders. 3. I am certainly not a fan of A Raja, but his transgressions are now history, whitewashed by a magnanimous court verdict. Each time the government confronts a problem, it should stop looking to the past, fishing for alibis and excuses.
2 G scam was a total hoax. A politically motivated campaign which served its purpose. Rather it was surprising that not an iota of evidence of money trail could be produced in the court. But telecom and fdi suffered immensely because of that.
Normally one would expect TRAI to be deeply invested in the health of the industry.
As I remember 2 scam is not really has taken place. Then what’s the problem with IdeaVodafone or Airtel . If Jio’s birth has taken place after the Same then why side effects of it .
Consumers should pay a fair price for mobile calls / data and air travel. Also for products they order from e commerce sites. Pricing patterns where businesses bleed money harm them in the long run, because they damage the economy. Create mounds of NPAs. 2. As far as the telecom industry is concerned, apart from predatory pricing, led by Reliance Jio, the government’s bite is too large. Whether it is spectrum, licence fees, other charges, its consolidated share of gross revenues should be sustainable for all stakeholders. 3. I am certainly not a fan of A Raja, but his transgressions are now history, whitewashed by a magnanimous court verdict. Each time the government confronts a problem, it should stop looking to the past, fishing for alibis and excuses.