Telenor to brace Airtel amid industry shiftIn particular, the buyout would bolster Bharti Airtel’s defences against a likely Vodafone-Idea Cellular combine in these markets.
25 Feb, 2017, 12.30 AM IST
Bharti Airtel-Telenor deal: 5 reasons why it had to happenBharti Airtel needs to counter Jio's freebies and the prospect of the biggest telecom company Vodafone-Idea merger will create.
23 Feb, 2017, 12.04 PM IST
5 figures that kept telecom sector buzzing this yearOn Thursday, Bharti Airtel announced that it had entered into a definite agreement with Telenor South Asia Investments to acquire Telenor I...
23 Feb, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Bharti Mittal terms any potential Vodafone-idea match ‘perfect'Mittal was responding to media reports that Vodafone is looking for an alliance with either Reliance Jio Infocomm or Idea.
21 Jan, 2017, 12.39 AM IST
Amid fears of Reliance Jio entry, Telenor’s India exit to benefit Airtel, Idea, VodafoneTelenor’s exit is also expected to boost AGR growth in these seven circles. Among top three operators, Idea Cellular is expected to gain th...
30 Aug, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
Vodafone emerges as frontrunner for buying out Telenor's operations in IndiaA Vodafone spokesman declined to comment on specific queries but said the company was open to options such as spectrum sharing, trading, an...
06 Jul, 2016, 03.17 AM IST
Telecom companies take steps to bridge gender gapBharti Airtel and the Indian arms of Vodafone and Telenor are pulling out all stops during International Women’s Week to boost gender diver...
10 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Bharti Airtel, local arms of Vodafone and Telenor seek to boost gender diversityAirtel has announced more maternity benefits for women staffers under its new leave policy, hiking maternity leave for women staffers to 22...
08 Mar, 2016, 10.53 PM IST
Telenor in talks with telco to expand India presence: Sigve Brekke, CEOBrekke said Telenor’s Indian unit is, at present, running a 4G pilot in Varanasi on 1.4 MHz, which is a narrow LTE band. “We already launch...
24 Feb, 2016, 05.12 AM IST
Telcos like Vodafone, Telenor tend to women staff working in rural areasTelcos like Vodafone and Telenor are sending an increasing number of female employees to rural areas to sell their services to village wome...
02 Oct, 2015, 01.47 AM IST
Telenor says applied for Payments Bank permit with IDFC, partnerThey however cannot offer credit facilities directly but can choose to act as an agent of a commercial bank for credit and other services.
04 Feb, 2015, 09.52 AM IST
Telenor Group, Vodafone set to apply for payment banking permits in IndiaThe telecom operators along with Bharti Airtel could be strong contenders for the licences, the applications for which have to be made by F...
24 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Vodafone, Telenor experience makes foreign telcos tread cautiously in IndiaForeign telcos want to foray into India but experiences of Vodafone and Telenor have made them cautious, Telstra Global's Martijn Blanken s...
13 Mar, 2014, 06.58 PM IST
Telecom market will consolidate: Kapil SibalI am sure there will be. Telenor is there. The market will consolidate. Because there will be people who won’t be using spectrum as efficie...
02 Dec, 2013, 10.17 AM IST
Telcom companies use court order to poach subscribersSome vendors are using the Supreme Court judgement to poach each other’s customers by sending misleading, SMSes, calls and e-mails.
20 Mar, 2013, 05.54 AM IST
- Vodafone, Telenor's gain of spectrum "credit Positive": Moody's
Vodafone and Telenor's successful bid in the recenly held auction will help the former improve coverage and latter to increase market share.
19 Nov, 2012, 03.10 PM IST
- Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Telenor chiefs to meet Kapil Sibal tomorrow on spectrum price
Chiefs of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Telenor-- are likely to meet Sibal tomorrow and put forth their concerns over Trai's r...
01 May, 2012, 06.26 PM IST