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RIL Q1FY27 results get brokerages' thumbs-up; here's what they said

Digital Services is likely to remain the biggest growth driver, contributing ~85 per cent to RIL's incremental consolidated EBITDA over FY26-28, wrote analysts at Motilal Oswal in a post results note.

Banks align on Vodafone Idea's projections, seek promoter promise

Banks have largely agreed on Vodafone Idea's financial projections but want stronger promoter guarantees before approving ₹35,000 crore in fresh funding

Jio Platforms Q1 results: Profit rises 9.2% to ₹7,764 cr, revenue up 12%

Upcoming IPO an important milestone in Jio's journey: Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Jio gets IN-SPACe approval for 1,600-satellite LEO network

Reliance Jio plans to deploy 1,600 low-Earth orbit satellites offering up to 5 Tbps capacity, with 20-22 ground stations to provide broadband and mobile satellite services across India

RIL Q1 results preview: Brokerages expect healthy growth across segments

Brokerages expect Reliance Industries to deliver healthy performance in the June quarter of FY2027, with strength across O2C, Retail and Jio.

Jio Platforms replaces CEO Kiran Thomas with Pankaj Pawar ahead of IPO

Jio Platforms has replaced Kiran Thomas as chief executive officer with Pankaj Pawar ahead of its planned initial public offering, according to the company's draft IPO papers. The draft papers, submitted to capital markets regulator Sebi in June, mentioned that Thomas resigned as CEO on March 23, with Pawar taking charge the following day, March 24. Pawar, 53, also serves as managing director of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. "Pankaj Mohan Pawar, aged 53 years, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and also serves as the managing director of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited. He has been associated with the Reliance Group since 2000, and has close to three decades of experience in building and scaling large consumer and digital services businesses," the draft IPO papers said. Thomas, who previously served as president of Reliance Industries, does not feature among Jio Platforms' key managerial personnel in the draft prospectus, even though he has been visible in each presentation o

Who decides a call is 'spam'? Inside the systems behind caller IDs

Your phone may warn you about spam before you answer. But who decides which calls get that tag, and on what basis? Read on

How Mukesh Ambani built Project Jupiter to launch India's biggest IPO

Reliance Industries reportedly worked behind the scenes to overcome regulatory hurdles, secure investor backing and structure Jio Platforms' proposed stock market debut

Jio's offer to repurpose 26GHz spectrum faces Airtel's opposition

The spectrum band promised a lot - high speeds in 5G-enabled cellphone handsets, and enough bandwidth to work in crowded areas like stadiums, airports and ports

Telecom subscriber base rises to 1.34 bn in May, Airtel leads growth: Trai

Telecom subscriber base grew to 134.3 crore in May, driven by net additions on the Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio networks, according to Trai data released on Thursday. Airtel led the growth in subscriber base with net addition of 29.8 lakh subscribers over the month of April, comprising 29.26 lakh in the mobile segment and 53,809 in fixed line connection segment. It was followed by Reliance Jio, which reported a net addition of 22.55 lakh subscribers, comprising 21.54 lakh in the mobile segment and 1.01 lakh in thefixed line segment. Both private telecom operators jointly contributed 52.36 lakh new subscribers, or about 94 per cent, in the total net addition of 55.6 lakh subscribers in May. "The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,337.54 million at the end of April 2026 to 1,343.10 million at the end of May 2026, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.42 per cent," Trai's monthly data subscriber report for May 2026 said. The total number of wireles

Inside India's satellite internet race, and why no one has switched on yet

India's draft spectrum rules move satellite reforms forward, but low earth orbit operators such as Starlink, OneWeb and Jio-SES still await security clearance and separate regulations

VPN downloads surged after Telegram restriction over NEET-UG fraud concerns

The temporary Telegram restriction triggered a surge in VPN downloads, highlighting how users respond when access to digital platforms is suddenly disrupted

Reliance's AI strategy bets on compute, power and connectivity at scale

Reliance's AGM showed the conglomerate is shifting from being viewed as an energy-retail giant to an AI infrastructure player built around data centres, compute, connectivity, and power

Jio, NSE IPOs near launch: Which shareholders stand to gain most?

Who stands to make the biggest gains when India's two most anticipated IPOs finally hit the market?

Call screening to in-call agent: Can voice be AI's next growth frontier?

From Jio Call Agent to AI-powered call screening, artificial intelligence is becoming an active participant in phone conversations, raising questions around trust, transparency and human interaction

From Nomura to Emkay: Brokerages decode RIL 49th AGM fine print

RIL stock will re-rate on a continuous basis as key milestones of transition are achieved, starting with the JIO IPO and subsequently the commissioning of 10 GW integrated solar project, analysts said

Will RIL stock get a holding company discount following Jio's listing?

Large domestic mutual funds, insurance companies, pension funds and foreign institutional investors are expected to participate in the Jio offering.

Jio heads for an IPO and Airtel redraws plans: Who will be the leader?

As Jio heads for a landmark IPO, its decade-long rivalry with Airtel offers clues to the next phase of India's telecom and digital economy

Jio Platforms targets ₹37,700-crore IPO in India's biggest listing

Jio Platforms filed for a record ₹37,700-crore IPO as it bets on satellite broadband, AI-native services and the next phase of digital growth

RIL AGM: Reliance board approves Jio IPO; DRHP to be filed today with Sebi

Jio said its proposed IPO will consist of a fresh issue of up to 270 million equity shares with a face value of ₹10 each, with pricing to be decided through book building