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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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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