Page 21 - Telecom Sector

BS Views of the Week: Fixing green finance and some hard choices on China

From the problem with how green is viewed in the world of finance to hard choices as China increases its dominance in East Asia, here's what Business Standard columnists and editorials had to say this week

5G spectrum auction to allot airwaves may not happen before 2023

The 5G auction would include 3,300 MHz to 3,600 MHz bands along with the milimetre waves

Top headlines: Further GST relief for Covid drugs; over 2 mn jabbed today

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Friday

Telecom relief package credit positive for Airtel, Jio, says Moody's

Moody's said the change in the AGR definition to exclude non-telecom revenue will ultimately boost sectorwide EBITDA

5G tech, new equity investors to be Vodafone Idea's calling card

Valuation gets a leg-up after bailout package

Bharti Airtel secures TDSAT stay on DoT's Rs 1,376 crore demand

Telecom dispute appellate body TDSAT on Thursday stayed the telecom department's demand of Rs 1,376 crore from Bharti Airtel in unpaid past dues that defunct telco Videocon Telecommunications owed.

Top headlines: FM lays out bad bank framework; Airtel to opt for moratorium

Business Standard brings you the top stories from today

PM Modi calls reforms in the telecom sector 'watershed moment'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the reforms approved by the Union Cabinet in the telecom sector are a win-win situation for both the sector and the consumers

Top headlines: Chairman rules out Tata Sons' revamp; telcos get govt relief

Business Standard brings you the top headlines from today

Telecom sector reforms ensure industry is able to invest fearlessly: Mittal

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal on Wednesday said the telecom sector reforms approved by the Cabinet will ensure that the industry is able to invest fearlessly

Telecom package to provide some relief to stressed sector: COAI

Telecom industry body COAI lauded telecom relief package approved by the Cabinet, which will be implemented prospectively and provide a breather to the sector that is reeling under heavy stress.

Cabinet allows 100% FDI in telecom sector via automatic route: Vaishnaw

Vaishnav said nine structural reforms for the telecom sector were approved

Sensex ends at record high, up 476 pts; Voda Idea gains 3% on govt relief

Both Sensex and Nifty hit fresh record highs in intra-day deals on Wednesday

Telcos likely to get moratorium of 4 years for AGR dues: Report

The move will come six weeks after billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla resigned as chairman of beleaguered Vodafone Idea Ltd on August 4

Cabinet may consider relief package for telecom sector on Wednesday

The Union Cabinet may consider on Wednesday a moratorium on payment of spectrum dues by telecom firms as part of a package for the sector aimed at giving relief to companies

'Policy support, fundraise may give VIL relief but sizable hike must'

A moratorium on AGR and spectrum payments, and reduction in spectrum usage charge (SUC) and Licence Fee (LF) are reportedly among the key relief measures being lined up.

S&P Global revises Bharti Airtel outlook to 'stable' from 'negative'

S&P said Airtel's "improving operating fundamentals should improve its margins and Ebitda"

Hydrogen may help telecoms to slow down emissions in remote sector

Emissions from powering networks and IT make up nearly a third of the carbon footprint of telecom companies

Cabinet did not take up proposal for telecom relief measures: Report

Earlier in the day, telecom stocks were on investors' radar, with a news report claiming the telecom department is devising measures to improve health of the debt-laden sector.

Cabinet may discuss a relief package for stressed telecom sector today

The government effort in preparing a telecom package is to ensure that the telecom sector does not become a duopoly