Airtel Africa Q3 net profit jumps over 11-fold YoY to $169 mn on $94-mn exceptional gain, lower finance costsBharti Airtel’s Africa business posted an 11-fold profit surge to $169 million in Q3 FY25, aided by currency appreciation and lower finance...
30 Jan, 2025, 05.05 PM IST
Airtel Africa acquires 4G, 5G spectrum for $316.7 millionAirtel Africa is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. The payment for the purchased spectrum will be done in local currency, Airtel Africa said i...
09 Jan, 2023, 03.57 PM IST
16 Indian sailors detained in Equatorial Guinea: Kerala CM seeks PM's interventionIn a letter to the Prime Minister, Vijayan requested PM Modi to direct Indian diplomatic missions in the countries concerned -- Equatorial ...
08 Nov, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
Malala Fund suspends grant to Sakhi, Nari Gunjan named in TISS audit reportTISS which had conducted the social audit had found that sexual abuse of varying forms and degree of intensity was prevalent in almost all ...
22 Aug, 2018, 12.31 PM IST
Election Commission defers decision on Botswana’s EVM PleaThe EC is wary of allowing any demonstration of the EVMs used in Indian elections in Botswana or elsewhere, keeping in mind the political r...
23 Jul, 2018, 08.52 AM IST
Don't be affected by petty crimes: Hamid Ansari to Indians in Nigeria"Small and sporadic incidents take place. Don't be disheartened by an incident here or there," the Vice President said.
29 Sep, 2016, 03.05 PM IST
South Africa's MTN says Nigeria not to enforce $5.2 billion fine until talks overNigerian authorities will not enforce a $5.2 bn fine on MTN until negotiations have been concluded, the telecommunications company said on ...
16 Nov, 2015, 11.44 AM IST
Majority of women suffer online abuse: UN reportThe report notes that Indian laws related to data privacy, offensive communication through internet and digital communication technology st...
26 Sep, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
Unclaimed body, a diplomatic issue: No takers for foreigner’s corpse in Gurgaon morgueFor three months now, a private hospital in Gurgaon has been left with the body of a Nigerian national in its mortuary, waiting for someone...
18 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Airtel may become no. 2 in Nigeria soon: DataBharti Airtel could soon edge out Globalcom to become Nigeria's second-biggest mobile phone company, data released by the country's telecom...
15 Jul, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
India seeks Nigeria's help for release of 17 sailors held hostage by piratesIndia seeks help from Nigeria for early release of 17 sailors held hostage by Somali pirates on board MT Royal Grace for the past 10 months.
29 Jan, 2013, 04.23 PM IST
- Airtel Nigeria, other operators pay fine for service quality
Airtel Nigeria, MTN, Etisalat & local operator Globacom have paid $ 3.7 mn in fine imposed on them by the Nigeria's authority for poor qual...
20 Jun, 2012, 12.14 PM IST
- Nigeria fines Airtel, 3 others $ 7.3 mn for poor services
Nigeria's telecom regulatory authority has fined Bharti Airtel and three other phone cos a total of USD 7.3 mn for providing poor services ...
13 May, 2012, 08.14 PM IST
- Bharti Airtel unit's service best in Nigeria, says sectoral regulator
Airtel Nigeria has emerged as the best among four major GSM operators in the country in service quality parameters, according to a report b...
11 May, 2012, 01.23 PM IST
- Airtel draws flak from Nigerian telecom regulator for poor mobile services
Nigerian telecom regulator NCC has threatened to fine an Indian firm's subsidiary, Airtel Nigeria, and two other companies if they fail to ...
29 Oct, 2011, 02.22 AM IST
- Ownership tussle may put a spoke in Bharti-Zain deal
A dispute over the ownership of Zain’s crucial Nigerian unit as well as a legal offensive by a minority shareholder could complicate Bharti...
16 Feb, 2010, 01.26 AM IST
- China to build and launch Pakistan's first satellite
Pakistan proposes to build and launch its first communication satellite with Chinese help, in an apparent effort to catch up with its neigh...
18 Oct, 2008, 04.47 PM IST