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Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal shakes hands with Telenor Group CEO Sigve Brekke after the announcement of Airtel’s acquisition of Telenor (India) in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Bharti Airtel acquires Telenor’s Indian arm

Telenor Group CEO Sigve Brekke said that the decision to exit India has not been taken lightly.

24 Feb 2017 6:21 AM

Softbank denies such discussions and media reports about the same are baseless and unsubstantiated.

Softbank denies stake in telecom merger

Japanese major denies report citing four unidentified people aware of developments.

23 Feb 2017 3:48 PM

Vodafone says Jio's free voice service violates tariff orders

It said it was also aggrieved by TRAI's stand of allowing the alleged violation to continue.

22 Feb 2017 8:50 AM

Vodafone, in its plea, has sought a direction to TRAI to "fully implement/ensure compliance of each and all regulatory and legal principles" laid down in the tariff orders.

Aggrieved by free voice calls of RJIO: Vodafone to HC

RJIO had on last date said that TRAI has held that its free offers to subscribers was perfectly legitimate.

21 Feb 2017 5:41 PM

The merger entity should also not have more than 50 per cent revenue and subscriber market share.

Vodafone, Idea likely to seal merger pact within a month

Proposed merger of Vodafone India and Idea will create an entity with a revenue of around Rs 77,500-80,000 crore.

19 Feb 2017 6:07 PM

Company is trying to balance it out by growing faster in other segments.

Tech Mahindra sees bigger business from Vodafone-Idea merger

The software firm derives over half of its revenue from servicing communication companies.

19 Feb 2017 4:41 PM

Martin Pieters, Vodafone's former India managing director.

Martin Pieters to work on Voda & Idea merger

If the deal is successful, the combined entity will create largest telecom player in the country.

17 Feb 2017 7:51 PM

Reliance Jio free 4G services have reduced profit of Airtel by more than half, lowered Vodafone India's profit and pushed Idea Cellular into first ever quarterly loss.

Happy Valentine's Day: Jio to Airtel, Vodafone, Idea

Happy Valentine's Day. #WithLoveFromJio, Reliance Jio tweeted from its official account.

14 Feb 2017 12:22 PM

Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla.

Kumar Mangalam Birla to head Idea-Vodafone entity?

Joint telco to have 12 directors, 3 each from Idea and Vodafone and six independent directors, according to Mint.

09 Feb 2017 1:00 PM

India Ratings said it believes that the intense competition set off by Reliance Jio's freebies will continue to pressurise telecom companies' financials

Voda-Idea merger credit positive for telecom sector

The merger of two biggest companies will create an entity with revenue of around Rs 80,000 cr.

08 Feb 2017 11:10 AM

Britain also remained tough for Vodafone, with service revenue declining 3.2 percent

Vodafone says pressures in India and UK to weigh on earnings

Performance in India where Jio have shaken up market overshadowed continued growth in Europe.

02 Feb 2017 1:59 PM

Aditya Birla group firm Grasim Industries today said it is not making any "large investment" into Idea Cellular

Aditya Birla group denies making large investment

Britain's Vodafone Group had said it is in talks to merge its Indian unit with Idea Cellular.

01 Feb 2017 11:59 AM

The group of analysts has estimated that the pair would command a combined revenue market share of 43 per cent.

Vodafone confirms merger talks with India's Idea

A merger between Vodafone India and the Mumbai-based Idea Cellular would turn India's multi-billion dollar telecommunications.

30 Jan 2017 3:23 PM

The all-share deal that could help the groups counter the fierce competition in the market.

Vodafone,Idea hold talks over Indian merger

The merger would involve Idea issuing new shares to Vodafone and would result in Vodafone deconsolidating Vodafone India.

30 Jan 2017 2:12 PM

TRAI says points of interconnect situation better now

Vodafone and Idea Cellular are meeting norms, while Airtel congestion level is beyond permissible limit.

26 Jan 2017 11:28 AM

Bharti's consolidated net profit fell to 5.04 billion Indian rupees ($73.99 million) in its third quarter ended Dec. 31

Bharti Airtel reports lowest profit in four years

Bharti's revenue fell 3 percent to 233.64 billion rupees over the past three months, due to cheaper voice and data tariffs.

25 Jan 2017 11:01 AM

NSDL are one among 11 entities which have been given an in-principle nod by the RBI to start payments banks. (Photo: PTI)

NSDL to shortly seek final RBI go-ahead for payments bank

RBI to start payments banks with an 18-month window to apply for the final nod.

21 Jan 2017 12:43 PM

The rate may vary across circles, it added.

Vodafone’s latest offer: Unlimited 3G/4G data for an hour at Rs 16

It will also offer unlimited local voice calls (within network) with one hour validity for Rs. 7.

08 Jan 2017 9:47 AM

TRAI's recommended to impose Rs 1,050 crore penalty on Vodafone for not providing interconnectivity to Reliance Jio.

Centre terms Vodafone plea "premature"

ASG argued that Vodafone's plea was a "complete abuse of process of court".

03 Jan 2017 1:26 PM

Vodafone and Airtel postpaid users can now finally see the billing option on their Android smartphones.

Vodafone, Airtel users can now use the direct billion option on Play Store

Google Play Store has added the direct billing option for Vodafone and Airtel users.

01 Jan 2017 11:07 AM

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