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Sunil Mittal recounts a 2018 assurance from PM Modi that helped Airtel ‘survive’
Sunil Mittal recalled how Airtel struggled in 2018 owing to Reliance Jio's free services and telecom regulations.
Published on May 30, 2024 02:00 PM IST
Starlink to be ‘formidable competition’ for Airtel-backed OneWeb: Sunil Mittal
The Bharti Airtel chairman also revealed that OneWeb is waiting for the government's final approval to launch satellite-based broadband services in the country.
Published on Feb 27, 2024 09:10 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
'Can't wait to return': Apple CEO Tim Cook on last day of India visit
"What an incredible week in India! Thanks to our teams across the country. I can't wait to return," Tim Cook tweeted.
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 03:59 AM IST
PTI |
‘We were forced to catch up’: Sunil Mittal's praise for Mukesh Ambani
“He gave a lot of pace to 4G, and we had to run very fast to catch up,” the Airtel chief said in presence of his Reliance counterpart.
Published on Oct 02, 2022 02:45 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
5G spectrum auction begins. Reliance Jio, Adani among bidders for airwaves
5G spectrum auction: The bidding process is underway and go on till 6 pm. The telecom department is expecting anywhere between ₹70,000 crores to ₹1 lakh crore from the auctions.
Updated on Jul 26, 2022 10:20 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Aryan Prakash
Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Mittal differ on 5G rollout timeline
Ambani, who controls India’s largest telecom service provider Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, said his company is ready to offer fifth-generation wireless service by the second half of 2021.
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 04:45 AM IST
Livemint, New Delhi | Ishita Guha
Vi poised to lose users as it moves to hike tariffs
Vodafone Idea’s chief executive, Ravinder Takkar, in October had said the telco will not shy away from raising prices and will set a precedent for others to follow. This, even as it continues to lose millions of wireless customers every month
Updated on Nov 24, 2020 07:49 AM IST
Livemint, New Delhi | Ishita Guha
Tariff hike needed as pricing ‘unsustainable’, market condition to drive decision: Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal
On the issue of whether or not Chinese telecom equipment vendors will be allowed to participate in next-generation 5G networks, Mittal said the larger question is that of the nation’s decision and asserted “what the country decides will be accepted by everyone”.
Updated on Nov 23, 2020 06:03 AM IST
Delhi | Press Trust of India | Posted by Shivani Kumar
‘OneWeb to spur rural connectivity’
Bharti Global, the overseas arm of Bharti Enterprises, and the UK government invested USD 1 billion in new equity in OneWeb, which has 650 low-Earth orbit satellites.
Published on Nov 21, 2020 03:46 AM IST
Livemint, New Delhi | Ishita Guha
Tariff hikes key for long-term growth of telecom sector: Birla
Birla’s statement is on the same lines as that of Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal, who wrote to shareholders that India still has some of the lowest data tariffs globally and the industry is barely able to cover the cost of capital.
Updated on Sep 08, 2020 03:50 AM IST
Livemint, Mumbai | Romita Majumdar
Life in the time of coronavirus
Schools are closing. People are working from home. Travel plans are being cancelled and meetings - professional and personal - are being put on hold. As COVID-19 pushes us to a life of social seclusion, a look at what this lifestyle change means for us
Updated on Mar 19, 2020 07:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee and Natasha Rego
Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Power-packed reception
It was a gathering of the country’s rich, famous and powerful, which had gathered on Saturday evening to celebrate the nuptials of Ruia heir Rewant and his bride Karishma Choraria
Updated on Mar 02, 2020 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Power-packed reception
Govt responds to SOS from telecom companies, looks at 3 options to help them
This position — that the dues as measured by a proportion of adjusted gross revenues or AGR be paid — was one upheld by the Supreme Court’s October 2019 verdict that ordered telcos to pay up Rs 1.47 lakh crore.
Updated on Feb 21, 2020 11:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajeev Jayaswal
‘Unprecedented crisis’: Airtel’s Sunil Mittal meets telecom minister on AGR dues
Mittal further said the industry is heavily taxed and suggested cut in taxes and levies for sector. He said Airtel has time till March 17 to make balance payments, adding that the company will pay its dues “much before that”.
Updated on Feb 20, 2020 08:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Court asks CBI why Rakesh Asthana was not put to polygraph test
CBI special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal also directed that the first Investigating Officer of the case, Ajay Kumar Bassi, to be present during the next hearing on February 28 to explain the case diary.
Updated on Feb 20, 2020 04:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Amid SC order on Telecom dues, Airtel and Vodafone chiefs meet Finance Minister
The meeting comes a day after Birla met telecom secretary Anshu Prakash.Vodafone encashment of bank guarantee would leave it with no option but to shut
Updated on Feb 19, 2020 10:19 PM IST
Livemint, New Delhi | Dhirendra Tripathi
No proof linking bribe with Sana’s middleman: CBI to court
Sana has claimed to have delivered the money to Sunil Mittal, father-in-law of Dubai-based Someshwar Srivastava, also known as Somesh Prasad in the CBI case.
Updated on Feb 13, 2020 03:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neeraj Chauhan
Sunil Mittal looking to pump $1 billion in son-in-law’s hotel chain business
Sunil Mittal’s investment would fund acquisitions by son-in-law Sharan Pasricha’s Ennismore, a developer that owns the Gleneagles resort and Hoxton hotel chain, which is expanding in the US and Europe
Updated on May 28, 2018 12:09 PM IST
Bloomberg | Bhuma Shrivastava and George Smith Alexander
Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Infratel tower deal tells Ambani he’s no walkover
Sunil Bharti Mittal is making his intention clear: He wants to monetize his real estate to invest in the battle against Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 04:48 PM IST
Bloomberg | Andy Mukherjee
Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Mittal building $6 billion war chest in India’s telecom tussle
The fundraising amount -- about 78% of the total outstanding bonds of India’s top four telecom firms -- signal that Airtel and its rival Jio are looking at about ₹320 billion of debt due in the next five years.
Updated on Apr 04, 2018 12:40 PM IST
Bloomberg | Bhuma Shrivastava and Divya Patil, Bloomberg