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Bharti Airtel loss widens to Rs 15,933 crore in Q1; revenue up 15.4%

The firm, however, posted an over 2x jump in profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 372 crore for the quarter ended June (Q1) before exceptional items

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal seeks govt help for telecom sector

Mittal said the government should look at rationalising levies on the sector and "close long-standing legal disputes that are a big drag on the performance of operators"

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

We are all charged up for the next 25 years: Bharti Airtel chairman

Telecom sector has spent years fighting regulatory and legal battles. They could have been better spent on serving the customers and strengthening the network, writes Sunil Bharti Mittal

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

Corona warriors for markets: Ambani, Adani stocks rise most since lockdown

The Bajaj group is the only one on the list of 12 conglomerates to be down - 1 per cent - since the lockdown came into effect, thanks to the hammering of stocks of non-banking financial companies.

Sunil Mittal meets Prasad, tells Airtel will clear AGR dues before March 17

The Centre said telcos had already paid about Rs 16,000 crore in AGR dues and some had assured further payments in a week's time

Budget 2020: Well-intentioned but could have done better, says BS jury

The Budget is an attempt to endow India with improved health and better access to education unleashing better infrastructure, says Rajnish Kumar

Softbank India head Manoj Kohli's journey from 'Mr Dependable' to rainmaker

After a five-year stint as executive chairman of SB Energy, Manoj Kohli will be SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son's rainmaker

PM meets Ambani, Tata, other biz leaders to discuss economy ahead of Budget

Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani, Tata group patriarch Ratan Tata, telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal, billionaire Gautam Adani, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra were among those who attended

Once regarded as fastest-growing, Indian telecom battles for survival

The Supreme Court order for including non-core revenue in telecom groups' gross adjusted revenue -- the figure on which the levies are charged -- revived the rivalry between Ambani and Bharti Mittal

Take measures to improve ease of doing business: India Inc to Sitharaman

India Inc leaders, including Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, CII President Vikram Kirloskar and Assocham President Balkrishna Goenka, on Thursday asked the government to take measures to augment ease of doing business to "create more freedom for the industry to perform". In a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the corporate leaders highlighted several issues, including certain income tax matters which were coming in the way of mergers and acquisitions or slowing them down and roles that need to be played by state businesses to prosper at the ground level. "I have come here today to discuss only one thing -- make doing business easy in the country. That was what my thrust was," Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal told reporters after the meeting. He said some suggestions around mergers and acquisitions (M&As), demerger, NCLT process, about certain sections of income tax which were coming in the way of M&A or slowing them down ..

Bharti seeks Rs 4,900-cr FDI nod; infusion to make Airtel foreign firm

Bharti Telecom holds around 41 per cent stake in Bharti Airtel while foreign promoter entities hold 21.46 per cent stake in the telecom firm

Telecom sector remains highly taxed like tobacco industry, says Mittal

He noted that the consolidation of the Indian telecom market did not take place in an orderly manner except in case of Vodafone Idea merger

Airtel to get out of infra game, focus on connectivity: Sunil Bharti Mittal

A listing, if it does happen, would only be of a minority stake, said Mittal

Sunil Bharti Mittal takes home Rs 30-cr annual pay

The package was over 8% higher than the previous year, when Mittal had drawn Rs 27.8 crore

H-1B visa row: US protectionism not a very big problem, says Sunil Mittal

He also said that it was unfair if movement of Indian workers gets restricted

No tension with Internet firms but Trai must clarify rules: Sunil Mittal

There is a demand to bring app-based calling services under licensing regime

Have few solid operators, encourage consolidation: Sunil Bharti Mittal

Airtel Chairman said one doesn't want a situation where there are one or two healthy operators