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BS READS: How deep Huawei's roots run and why it's tough to keep it out

Keeping Huawei out is hard as its offerings are cheaper than European rivals, and it has ongoing maintenance contracts with telcos here. Two-thirds of 560,000 towers in India run on Huawei equipment

Time to make 2G telecom services part of history, says Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Jio shares platform with Bharti Airtel to ring in 25 years of mobile telephony

Two-pronged strategy: Mukesh Ambani is coming for India's phones & wallets

At this month's AGM, Ambani promised to induct 'global partners and investors' in retail over the next few quarters

FB, Google eye Jio pact to expand in India; plan to take solutions global

During their investor calls, the US-based companies highlighted the importance of the Indian market which is home to one of the world's largest Internet consumer bases

Market Ahead, July 31: Top factors that could guide markets today

The June quarter results by Reliance Industries will be a major focus in the markets today. Besides, investors will also react to global cues, Covid-19 trends and other corporate results

25 years of telecom: Boon for India's business tycoons, bane for MNCs

Big business houses such as the Tatas, Anil Ambani, multinationals like Malaysian tycoon T Ananda Krishna of Maxis failed to create viable businesses

Jio delivers strong Q1 performance on subscriber addition, ARPU growth

The other metric which helped drive the Q1 show was a 7 per cent sequential uptick in average revenue per user (ARPU) as compared to analyst estimates of a marginal dip

Reliance Jio pre-tax profit zooms 147% in June quarter, revenue up 33.7%

Ebitda for the June quarter grew 55.4 per cent to Rs 7,281 crore

Covid-19 likely to hit Reliance Industries' Q1 profit, say brokerages

An analysis of 12 brokerage research reports shows that expectations for RIL's net profit for the quarter ended June 2020 ranges from Rs 4,600 crore to Rs 8,083 crore.

Q1 results preview: Jio to steady RIL ship amid slowdown in retail, energy

Analysts estimate net profit to come down in 1st quarter

Walmart's reverse merger with Flipkart may bulk up valuations ahead of IPO

The reverse merger may bulk up valuations ahead of an IPO in two years, but questions about the performance of the wholesale business remain

India Inc's deal activity at a 6-year low amid Covid-19 pandemic

Last year, India Inc sealed deals worth $88.88 billion in the January-July period, but this year the total transactions are $56.73 billion, fueled mainly by RIL-Jio deals

Reliance Industries leverages technology to expand farm-to-fork model

The goal is a 12-hour window for vegetables and fruits to move from the fields to the shelves

Vodafone, Airtel defend premium plans; say no impact on other network users

They said the subscribers of the plans constitute only a small portion of overall customer base

JioMart app goes live on Google PlayStore and Apple App Store: Details here

JioMart services are now available through smartphone app, web portal and WhatsApp

From Sukh Ram to Mukesh Ambani, here're the men who changed telecom

With a charge of Rs 18/min for voice calls to free voice calls now, and a burgeoning subscriber base, India's telecom sector has come a long way. We look at the men who made all of this possible

25 years since the first mobile call: Roller-coaster ride for telecom

It's been through dizzying peaks, troughs, policy U-turns, court battles, brutal competition, and daily controversies

Missed call to free call: The 25-year journey of India's telecom industry

On July 31, 1995, mobile telephony began in India at Rs 16.80 a minute peak tariff. Now, most local voice calls are free, a market which has the largest subscriber base in the world after China

Letter to BS: Govt should introduce laws to protect personal information

Facebook and other firms are accused of using users' personal data for political campaigns

US cyber diplomat urges telcos globally to follow Jio's 5G model

I think the lesson of Reliance Jio is that there's nothing mystical about 5G technology, says Robert L Strayer