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Bharti Airtel Founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said India must keep control of the "kill switch" for satellite communications on its own soil, as the government weighs security conditions that will decide when satellite broadband goes live. "The kill switch, as we call it, should not be sitting somewhere else," Mittal said in an interview with PTI marking Bharti Enterprises' 50th year. "India must have control over its own space destiny." He did not name a company in that remark. The kill switch is the ability to cut off, throttle or restrict a satellite network's service, whether for a single terminal, a region or an entire country, from the operator's control systems and ground gateways. In satellite broadband, user terminals connect to satellites, which relay traffic to ground stations and then to the internet, so whoever runs those control and gateway systems can in principle disable users or reroute their data. Governments see it as a security tool. It would let them s

Shrikant Chouhan remains constructive on Hindalco's outlook, supported by strong copper profitability, gradual recovery at Novelis, and continued progress on strategic growth initiatives.

Stocks to watch today, Monday: Tata Steel, ZEEL, Adani Enterprises, Indian Oil, SBI, Bharti Airtel, Kalpataru Ltd, Tata Chemicals, Prestige Estates Projects, and more stocks will be in action today.

Bharti Airtel has restored its 28-day ₹299 prepaid plan after net customer additions slowed in Q2FY27, while shifting focus to upgrades, postpaid and other levers to boost ARPU.

Bharti Airtel on Friday reclaimed the title of the country's second most valuable company by market valuation, overtaking Jio Platforms. At market close, Bharti Airtel shares ended 1.66 per cent higher at Rs 2,096.25 on the BSE. During the day, the stock climbed 2.81 per cent to Rs 2,120. However, the stock of Jio Platforms dipped 0.90 per cent to end at Rs 1,405.75. Intraday, it declined 2 per cent to Rs 1,390. The market valuation of Bharti Airtel stood at Rs 13 lakh crore, while that of Jio Platforms was Rs 12.94 lakh crore. Jio Platforms Ltd, the Reliance Industries-backed digital services company, on October 28 became the second most valuable Indian company by market valuation following an impressive debut on the Dalal Street. Reliance Industries continues to remain the most valued domestic firm, with a market valuation of Rs 17,83,723.93 crore. The top five order in the market capitalisation (mcap) ranking are -- Reliance Industries with a valuation of Rs 17,83,723.93 crore

Airtel stock now trades less than 3 per cent away from its all-time high of ₹2,174.50 touched on November 21, 2025.

Bharti Airtel's consolidated revenue rose 16.7% to ₹60,877.5 crore, while India mobile ARPU improved to ₹271 in Q2FY27 from ₹256 a year ago.

Airtel Q2 results preview: Brokerages expect Bharti Airtel to report 14-15% Y-o-Y revenue growth in Q2FY27, while PAT is projected to rise in the range of 20-30%.

Motilal Oswal Wealth Management Research Desk said that the listing of Jio Platforms is a significant development for the telecom sector, with potential valuation implications for Airtel and RIL

The Bharti Airtel executive vice chairman will lead the global telecom industry body through 2028, with Ralph Mupita and Margherita Della Valle serving as co-Deputy Chairs

Airtel Africa has posted around 16 per cent increase in profit after tax at USD 254 million on reported currency basis for the second quarter ended September 30, 2026. The company had logged a profit after tax of USD 219 million in the same period a year ago. Revenue increased by 26 per cent to USD 1,970 million from USD 1,567 million in the September 2025 quarter. Revenue, however, increased by 20.6 per cent on constant currency basis. The total customer base increased 11.6 per cent to 193.9 million, with data customers growing 15 per cent to 89.9 million and mobile money customers increasing 22.4 per cent to 60.9 million. The company said that the increase in smartphone penetration to 51.6 per cent continued to drive the demand for data services, resulting in higher smartphone data usage per customer of 13.3 GB, up from 10.1 GB in the prior period. "The increase in data usage per customer, together with continued improvements in the customer experience, drove constant currency d

Ajit Mishra says that Nifty's inability to sustain above the 20-DEMA, keeps the near-term outlook cautious. Flags higher-high, higher-low pattern on Bharti Airtel for his positive stance.

India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio added 27.13 lakh mobile subscribers in September 2026, ahead of Bharti Airtel's 26.92 lakh wireless additions, data released by telecom regulator TRAI on Tuesday showed. The mobile subscriber additions for Vodafone Idea stood at 5.50 lakh in September. With the latest additions, Jio's wireless mobile subscriber tally increased to 51.11 crore at September-end, compared with Airtel's 49.43 crore, and Vodafone Idea's over 20 crore count. State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) added 6.26 lakh mobile subscribers during the month, taking its user base to 9.43 crore, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data. Overall, India's wireless mobile subscriber base increased by 65.74 lakh to almost 130 crore at the end of September, from 129.34 crore in August, registering a monthly growth rate of 0.51 per cent. Jio maintained its lead in the mobile subscriber market with a 39.32 per cent share, followed by Airtel at 38.

Stocks to buy: MCX has formed a bullish candle, reclaimed the 50-DEMA and started making higher highs, indicating renewed buying interest, explains Chandan Taparia of Motilal Oswal.

Sly innuendos aside, the recent social media exchanges involving Starlink make a case for harnessing satellites to roll out connectivity more evenly across India

Industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of the group, took Reliance Textile Industries, which later became RIL, public in 1977

Motilal Oswal Wealth Management Research Desk has said that India's telecom sector could see a valuation re-rating ahead of Jio Platforms' (JPL) proposed IPO.

Hughes India CEO Shivaji Chatterjee says its satcom and non-satcom businesses are now equal in size, while faster regulatory approvals could unlock growth in satellite connectivity.

The architecture and methodologies for safely deploying Artificial Intelligence will continue to evolve, as was the case with previous technologies, and adequate guardrails will pave the way to unlock strong productivity gains from AI, Airtel Business CEO Sharat Sinha said. On the government's plan to soon release a consultation paper on AI regulation dealing with issues like tech safety, deepfakes and a human-first approach, Sinha said it was "a step in the right direction". "We work very closely with both government regulators, as well as our customers, to make sure that whatever we do is compliant, and we play a positive role in bringing out such specifications. So, that will continue to be our effort," he told PTI. Sinha said the company would like to see regulation that enables infrastructure to drive right business outcomes, "so that people can safely deploy AI, and also leverage AI to create more productivity in the country". Airtel, he added, "will be playing a positive and

Airtel CEO Shashwat Sharma says tariff hikes are timely as competition stabilises, while the company plans to expand data centre capacity to 1 GW