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India should nationalise Vodafone Idea, head off Jio-dominated duopoly

Merging state-run telcos with a nationalised Vodafone Idea could save jobs and capital. Managed professionally, it could be a credible third player.

Reliance Jio adds 3.5 million users in May, Vodafone Idea & Airtel lose big

Both Airtel and Vi lost 4.6 million and 4.3 million subscribers, respectively

Govt should take control of Vodafone Idea, says Deutsche Bank report

The telecom company has sought an extension of the moratorium till April 2023 to pay over Rs 8,000 crore dues related to spectrum purchase

Eye on revenue growth, Vodafone Idea revises plans for corporate customers

The new plans are aligned with those of Bharti Airtel, which tweaked its tariff last week

SC dismisses Vi, Airtel pleas seeking correction of AGR due calculation

The Supreme Court observed that it has said not just once, but twice and thrice that AGR demand can't be recomputed

Analysts dump Voda Idea for Airtel post AGR re-calculation case verdict

With sufficient assets and a healthy financial condition, Bharti Airtel can clear their dues with DoT, analysts said

Does Vodafone Idea have a cushion to sail through the current year?

Much would depend on whether the govt gives it yet another year's moratorium on Rs 8,200 cr spectrum payment due next March, and its ability to raise Rs 25,000 cr more from investors

Sensex adds 138 pts; Zomato ends 65% up over issue price at Rs 126 on BSE

The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices, however, underperformed the benchmarks

SC rejects telcos plea on AGR re-computation; Vodafone Idea tanks 15%

Three telecom firms - Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices - had moved the apex court seeking correction in calculation errors in the DoT's AGR demand

Stocks to watch: Zomato, RIL, SBI Card, Voda Idea, Airtel, BPCL, Biocon

Forty-one companies, including RIL, JSW Steel, SBI Card, YES Bank and Federal Bank will report their quarterly numbers today

Cash-strapped Vodafone Idea gets nod for FDI up to Rs 15,000 crore

Fund-raise set to help cash-strapped telco cut debt and pay AGR dues

DoT awaiting investors detail from Voda Idea for Rs 15k-cr FDI application

The Department of Telecom is awaiting the details of investors from Vodafone Idea for clearing the telco's Rs 15,000 crore foreign direct investment proposal, an official source said on Thursday.

Bharti Airtel gains 4% on rolling out new postpaid plans

Airtel said it has simplified its Postpaid plans to offer industry leading data benefits backed by a 5G ready network and superior digital-first customer care

Telecom firms staring at possibility of excess backhaul spectrum fee

Currently, DoT allocates airwaves by administered price mechanism

Rivals turn the heat on Sunil Mittal's stand on satellite spectrum

Mittal had said, with Airtel setting up only two ground stations for uplinking in rural areas, the requirement for spectrum was minimal and different from terrestrial mobile services

In a breather to telcos, DoT may lighten debt burden by relaxing timelines

The effort would be to firm up measures so that the telecom sector does not go down any further, an official said

Banks, RIL lift Sensex 397 pts; broader indices underperform

ICICI Bank (up 2.7 per cent), HDFC, Axis Bank, Sun Pharma, and NTPC were the top gainers on the frontline S&P BSE Sensex

Stocks to watch: Mindtree, Vodafone Idea, RIL, IDBI Bank, Shilpa Medicare

Mindtree, Tata Metaliks, Deccan Health Care, Shree Ganesh Remedies and WS Industries are among eight companies that will release quarterly earnings today

Second Covid wave: April sees sharp fall in new telecom users, says Trai

State governments had imposed lockdowns to curb the spread of the pathogen in April - a move that derailed economic activity.

Jio tops subscriber race in April, Vodafone Idea user base erodes

Bharti Airtel added over 5.17 lakh users during the month under review, taking its subscriber base to over 35.29 crore