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China blames Taiwan for suspended communications channel

Aug 19, 2016 - 6:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): China said on August 18 that the suspension of a communication channel with Taiwan would have a large impact on relations between the two sides, but blamed the self-ruled island for the breakdown. […]

SINGTEL CONSOLIDATES HOLDING IN BHARTI AIRTEL AHEAD OF SPECTRUM AUCTIONS

Aug 19, 2016 - 5:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), the largest shareholder in Bharti Airtel, is consolidating its equity in the country’s top mobile operator by buying out Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek’s holding for $659.5 million (over Rs […]

Nokia to cut deeper as merger spills red ink

Aug 5, 2016 - 10:45 am EDT @theindpanorama Comments Off

HELSINKI (TIP): Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia said Thursday it aims to accelerate savings after costs of absorbing former French-American rival Alcatel-Lucent pushed it into a second-quarter loss. The net loss of 665 million euros […]

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US Documents Reveal Pak-Based JeM’s Involvement In Pathankot Attack

Jul 30, 2016 - 6:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recently received documents from the United States that support India’s claim regarding Pakistani terror group, Jaish-e-Mohammad’s involvement in the Pathankot IAF base attack. According to a report in Times of India, […]

VODAFONE TO MERGE NEW ZEALAND UNIT WITH SKY NETWORK IN $2.4 BILLION DEAL

Jun 11, 2016 - 7:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (TIP): Vodafone PLC said it was merging its New Zealand unit with the country’s biggest pay-TV firm, Sky Network Television, in a $2.4 billion deal that will enable it to offer customers packages of […]

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK BUYS 19.9% STAKE IN AIRTEL M COMMERCE SERVICES

Feb 29, 2016 - 6:36 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): Kotak Mahindra Bank on Tuesday said that it has bought 19.90% stake in Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd (AMSL) for Rs.98.38 crore to set up a payments bank. AMSL was one of […]

‘Make in India Week’ gets Rs 15 lakh cr investment commitment

Feb 19, 2016 - 6:44 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

MUMBAI (TIP): The week-long ‘Make in India’ fair closed on Thursday with investment commitments of over Rs 15 lakh crore ($220 billion), the government said. “The numbers are in. INR 15,20,000 cr investment already committed at #MakeInIndia […]

Indian American INOC applauds TRAI’s decision to keep ‘Net Neutrality’

Feb 8, 2016 - 10:58 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian National Overseas Congress Chair George Abraham has applauded the decision of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to choose Net Neutrality banning immediately any differential pricing for data – that […]

Ambani launches 4G service for employees

Jan 2, 2016 - 3:06 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): On December 27 evening, on the eve of founder Dhirubhai Ambani’s 83rd birthday and amid a lot of star-studded attraction, Mukesh Ambani launched Reliance Jio, the group’s 4G telecom service, for over […]

OLA Gets Another Round of Funding

Nov 20, 2015 - 3:59 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Ola raised a $500 million Series F round from new investors Baillie Gifford and Didi Kuaidi and existing investors DST Global, Falcon Edge Capital, SoftBank Telecom Corp and Tiger Global Management bringing the Bangalore, India-based startup’s total funding to more […]

Vodafone to invest Rs 13,000 crore in India

Nov 17, 2015 - 6:32 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Vodafone on Thursday committed investments of Rs 13,000 crore (£1.3 billion) in India for capacity augmentation and new business initiatives. The information was communicated to by Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao during in his meeting […]

SC to hear plea to ban websites with jokes on Sikhs

Nov 5, 2015 - 12:46 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

New Delhi, October 30: The Supreme Court will look into a plea for a ban on websites carrying jokes on Sikhs, as a lawyer-petitioner told the apex court on Friday the community was projected as […]

Connectivity cannot be the privilege of the rich, says Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg Talks Net Neutrality at Meet With Lawmakers, India Inc Leaders

Oct 30, 2015 - 9:12 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg today hosted a luncheon meeting with political and industry leaders to discuss various matters, including the controversial issue of net neutrality and zero-rating. Those present at […]

Vodafone CEO sees new India, IPO on anvil

Oct 17, 2015 - 8:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao on Wednesday said he is seeing the emergence of a “new India“, with several changes at the macro level. He also announced that the Indian arm of […]

Altice President Patrick Drahi has struck a deal to buy Cablevision from the Dolan family, in a deal that includes $10 billion in equity and $7.7 billion in debt. | Photo courtesy-AP

Cablevision, 5th-Largest U.S. Cable Firm, To Be Sold in $17.7 Billion Deal

Sep 18, 2015 - 9:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): European telecom giant Altice is buying the largest cable provider in New York City’s metropolitan area, agreeing to pay $17.7 billion to acquire Cablevision, the company that was founded in 1973 […]

Haryana Chief Minister addresses a meeting of the USIBC in Washington on August 19.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal invites NRIs to Invest in his State

Aug 21, 2015 - 5:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): The Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal, has appealed to the non-resident Indians (NRIs) in New York to come forward and help in the development of their paternal villages and support the efforts […]

GANG BEHIND RS 10,000 CRORE HAWALA RING BUSTED

Jul 10, 2015 - 5:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Enforcement Directorate has busted a hawala network in Ahmedabad which had allegedly laundered more than Rs 10,000 crore through a private bank in Surat to Dubai and Hong Kong. The ED […]

India reaches for the Sun, raises solar capacity target five times to 100,00 mw

Jun 19, 2015 - 5:47 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): It’s official now. The government is reaching for the Sun by raising the target for adding solar power capacity five times to 100,000 mw by 2022. The Cabinet’s panel on economic affairs […]

Vodafone sells 4.2% stake in Bharti for $299m

May 30, 2015 - 2:35 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): British telecom giant Vodafone has sold its 4.2% holding in Bharti Airtel for $200 million to comply with rules that bar cross-holding between rivals. The company said the move follows the new […]

NEW OUTFIT EMERGES IN KASHMIR VALLEY, TARGETS TELECOM TOWERS

May 30, 2015 - 1:48 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

SRINAGAR (TIP): The killings, in Sopore, of a BSNL employee and a resident who allowed a mobile phone tower on his house premises defying terror threats, has brought the spotlight on Lashkar-e-Islam. In recent days, […]

USIBC Media Executives discuss opportunities in India’s Media and Entertainment Industry

May 29, 2015 - 1:31 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) led a series of discussions and meetings between top executives of the media industry and senior Government of India officials to discuss how opportunities can support the recent […]

Idea eyes $1.2bn deal to sell towers

May 22, 2015 - 4:00 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): Idea Cellular, part of the Aditya Birla Group, is working on a Rs 7,580-crore ($1.2 billion) deal to sell its independent towers, drawing the interests of Malaysia’s Axiata, Bharti Infratel and American Tower […]

Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping seem to have built a rapport

A FORTHRIGHT MODI IN CHINA

May 22, 2015 - 11:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

During his China visit, Prime Minister Modi has been unusually forthright in speaking about the problems that hold back the India-China relationship. He probably feels that his desire to strengthen ties with China being so clear, […]

SC REJECTS TELCOS’ PLEA FOR EXTENSION OF 2G LICENCES

May 15, 2015 - 3:17 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on May 14 turned down pleas by various telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Telecom, for extension of their 2G spectrum licences, which expired in […]

An activist wears a mask as he holds a placard during a demonstration supporting net neutrality, in Bangalore – AP

TRAI Website hacked by Anonymous India

Apr 27, 2015 - 10:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India‘s (TRAI) website has been allegedly taken down after they released all the email IDs of those who responded to their consultation paper on Net neutrality. Anonymous India, group of […]

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