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Our focus on satcom; leave Moon, Mars to others: Sunil Bharti Mittal

OneWeb launches its final 36 satellites, set to begin India ops in July-August

OneWeb offering can match mobile services rates of west, not India: Mittal

Satellite communication service provider OneWeb is able to match mobile services rates of western countries but its prices can't be at par with the "extremely low" tariff in India, company's executive chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Sunday. With the launch of 36 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites by NewSpace India Limited early in the day, OneWeb constellation now has 618 satellites for global coverage including India. Sharing details of OneWeb launch and services, Mittal said that the services will be affordable and at par with mobile rates if a community of 30-40 homes in a village use it. However, the services will cost more for individual use in India compared to existing mobile services plans. "If you ask me, can the pricing of satellite communication be at par with mobile tariffs? Whatever is currently available in the Western world, it can be done today. What is available in India for 2 and 2.5 dollars a month? No, because that is a pricing which is extremely low," Mittta

Bharti-backed OneWeb's 36 satellites successfully launched from Sriharikota

This is OneWeb's 18th launch and third this year. With this its overall constellation count has gone up to 618 satellites

India's JAM trinity should be applied to Africa: Sunil Bharti Mittal

G20 forum to soon submit suggestions for African economic integration

Return on capital very low, expects tariff hike: Bharti Airtel chairman

The Return on capital in the telecom business is very low and a tariff hike is likely to be the mid of this year, Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said here on Monday. While responding to a PTI query at the Mobile World Congress, Mittal said that the company has a healthy balance sheet and there is no need to raise any more capital. "Lot of capital has been injected that has made the balance sheet strong but the return on capital of this industry is very low. That needs to change. We are talking of small increments that need to come in the Indian tariff situation. I hope half (by mid) of this year," Mittal said. When asked about the impact on people at the bottom of the pyramid, he said that the hike is low compared to the spending people are making on other things. "Salaries have gone up, rents have gone except one thing. There is no one complaining. People are consuming 30 GB for almost paying nothing. We don't have more Vodafone type of scenarios in the country. "We n

Airtel to launch 5G services across India by March 2024 : Sunil Mittal

Airtel's nationwide 5G services roll out would come months after Reliance Jio's nationwide 5G rollout by December 2023

Hope sanity returns at soonest to supply chains: Sunil Bharti Mittal

He was speaking during a session on 'advancing digital cooperation', moderated by Observer Research Foundation President Samir Saran, during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022

OneWeb inks pact with ISRO commercial arm for satellite launches

Announcing the pact with New Space India, OneWeb, in the statement, said it remains on track for developing its satellite constellation network, delivering industry-grade secure connectivity

Sunil Bharti Mittal to Rashesh Shah, BS Jury lauds growth-oriented Budget

In terms of sector focus, the Budget has primarily focused on agri and MSME

Billions of people still not on internet; affordability key: Sunil Mittal

He was speaking at a panel discussion on technology cooperation in the fourth industrial revolution at the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda 2022 summit

Green energy goals achievable with right steps taken now: Sunil Mittal

Mittal said the telecom sector as a whole was working to become carbon neutral by 2030, and at India's scale, even reaching 80% of that would be a huge achievement

OneWeb to be first pvt player to launch satellite from Indian soil: Mittal

Bharti Group's subsidiary OneWeb will be the first private player to launch satellites from Indian soil through ISRO facilities, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said Monday.

For every Rs 100 earned, Rs 35 goes to govt: Sunil Mittal on telecom woes

Airtel's Rs 21,000 crore fund-raising plans will give the firm the fuel to shift to a higher gear and tap large opportunities, its Chairman Sunil Mittal said on Monday.

Bharti rolls out all-in-one bundle plan 'Airtel Black' to take on Jio

Bharti Airtel said it will provide dedicated relationship managers with a 60-seconds call pick-up facility.

Bharti Group-backed OneWeb to provide satellite internet in Kazakhstan

The announcement coincides with the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight

Budget 2021: Ajay Piramal to Rajeev Talwar, BS Jury lauds Atmanirbhar push

The first Budget of this new decade reimagines India in the form of Aatmanirbhar Bharat like never before, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Enterprises said

Start-up's flights of fancy

India's first home-grown messenger app Hike shut down and vanished from app stores on Monday

Sebi disposes of proceedings against Bharti Airtel, Sunil Mittal, 2 others

Sebi disposed of proceedings against four entities including Bharti Telecom Ltd and Sunil Bharti Mittal, in a matter related to alleged violation of insider trading norms

Bharti Airtel gets ready to take on Reliance Jio in 5G vRAN space

Tech to be tested once spectrum is available

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