Mansi Taneja

Interview with Minister for Communications & Information Technology

A day before meeting PM, Apple CEO drops in at Zomato, Airtel

I don't understand self-regulation, Prasad tells Airtel in context of firm's self-imposed norms on call drops

Trai had said differential pricing for data service would not be allowed

Telecom regulator has already resolved differential tariff issue, which is a major part of net neutrality

This comes a day after SC struck down compensation for call drops terming it 'manifestly arbitrary' and an 'unreasonable restriction'

Calls regulation arbitrary, non-transparent; but, stocks of major telcos fall

The social media giant expects ESN to be a major source of revenue in the future

Vodafone has also invested more than Rs 1,000 crore to upgrade its network - Vodafone Supernet - with more than 10 million subscribers in the region

This, after NCDC directed Jaypee Group to hand over possession of Kalypso Court by July this year or pay a penalty of 12% per annum

However, only completed projects at right price and location have sustained buyer interests especially in Delhi-NCR

With carrier billing, users can directly bill to their prepaid account or post-paid bill

Bharti has about 14,000 towers in Africa, of which it has divested 8,300 for nearly $1.7 bn

The minister said that India has now over 1 billion mobile subscribers

Company also announced renaming of Airtel m-commerce services as Airtel Payments Bank

Telecom Commission approves high base price of Rs 11,485 cr per Mhz for 700-Mhz frequency; no decision taken on proposed standard spectrum usage charges of 4.5%

Telecom panel to decide on today

Voice & data margins under pressure; infra expansion momentum strong; firm announces 6% dividend

Company board approves share buyback of up to Rs 1,434 cr at Rs 400 per share; total revenue rose 10% to Rs 24,960 cr