CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, the Nifty Realty and PSU Bank indices were the worst hit as they slipped 1.75 per cent and 1.6 per cent on the NSE
Stocks to watch today: At 7:26 am, the SGX Nifty futures were quoting 16,223 levels, signaling 30-40 point loss for the 50-packed index.
Consolidated revenue rises 22.3% YoY to Rs 31,500 crore, ARPU up 9.2% sequentially and over 22% YoY to Rs 178
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Consolidated revenue from operations rose 22% to Rs 31,500 crore in Q4FY22
CLOSING BELL: Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) listed at Rs 867.20 on the BSE, a 8.6 per cent discount when compared with its issue price of Rs 949 per share
Airtel is looking to hire across multiple experience and domains Big Data, Machine Learning, Dev Ops, Tech ops, etc
Company's digital revenue should be more than a billion dollars in the next few years, says group chairman
Net subscriber addition by Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio increased the overall telecom user base to over 116.69 crore in March 2022, telecom regulator Trai said in its monthly report on Thursday. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio led new customer additions in both mobile telephony as well as fixed line services segment in March. "The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,166.05 million at the end of February 2022 to 1,166.93 million at the end of March 2022," Trai's subscriber report for March said. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) report said that the urban telephone subscription decreased to 64.71 crore from 64.77 crore and the rural subscription increased to 51.98 crore from 51.82 crore between March and February. According to the report, the total number of wireless subscribers increased to 114.2 crore in March from 114.15 crore in February. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio were the only gainers of new mobile subscribers in March. Airtel's net .
From the industry's perspective, the average revenue per user (ARPU) per month has been dropping annually, though things have been different after telcos raised tariffs
Airtel urged the government not to charge high fees for allotting 5G spectrum, saying a faster roll out of the next-generation telecommunication network can have more benefits than collecting revenue
CLOSING BELL: Ultratech Cement, RIL, Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, and TCS were the top Sensex gainers
The BSE Telecom index is likely to gain up to 3.50 per cent, as the index firmly holds the support around the 100-DMA, shows chart.
The company has also introduced monthly plans for JioFiber postpaid customers and given an option to subscribers of low-value plans to pay Rs 100 for availing access to six entertainment apps
While providing pan-India coverage for 4G, the towers are strategically located for the implementation of 5G, the release added
Bharti Airtel needs to overcome its resistance at Rs 780 for further upside; MTNL, Voda Idea can zoom up to 30%
On Monday TRAI released recommendations to usher commercial 5G service by recommending 25-50% cut in reserve price for airwaves in various bands
"My professionals will not send me anything that will compromise the company's governance. I will never ask anything of them which will compromise our governance," Mittal said
According to brokerages, Bharti Airtel could report 8-13.5 per cent QoQ rise in its ARPU to Rs 176-185.
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