Kerala private bus operators oppose UDF’s free travel scheme for womenKerala's new government plans free bus travel for women on state buses. Private bus operators warn this will hurt their business. They seek...
11 May, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Big global investors, local cos eye IntelliSmart as smart meter push gains pace in IndiaA host of global investors and Indian firms are positioning themselves to acquire IntelliSmart Infrastructure, signaling a vibrant growth p...
02 Apr, 2026, 11.03 PM IST
Women may cheer, but free bus ride a risk to Kerala’s robust transport ecosystemKerala elections: The UDF’s manifesto is anchored on five key guarantees, including free bus travel for women on Kerala State Road Transpor...
02 Apr, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
Jio & Airtel to have combined revenue market share of 70% by FY2025: Bernstein“We expect further consolidation of the market by 2025 with revenue share of Bharti ~31% & Jio ~ 47%. Jio revenue share expected to reach 4...
01 Nov, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Airtel and Vodafone fined: Telecom department asks telcos to pay ₹3,050 crore in penalties in 3 weeksThe fines are for flouting licence conditions by denying Jio adequate points of interconnection (PoIs) in 2016, which affected the quality ...
01 Oct, 2021, 10.28 AM IST
Govt clears telecom relief package; offers option to convert part of statutory dues into equityThe package likely includes a four-year moratorium on AGR and spectrum payments apart from a reduction in the spectrum usage charge (SUC) p...
15 Sep, 2021, 04.22 PM IST
States to face fund cuts for missing UDAY targetsThe Centre in November 2015 had launched the UDAY to bring about operational and financial turnaround of debt-laden power distribution comp...
22 Aug, 2019, 07.17 AM IST
Irdai to seek details from LIC over IL&FS messAt present, LIC exposure to IL&FS stands at Rs 2,000 crore.
05 Oct, 2018, 01.12 PM IST
How the new telecom policy proposes to reform the debt-laden sectorThe policy, whose draft was made public by the department of telecom (DoT)n in May inviting all stakeholders to share their views, proposes...
11 Jul, 2018, 09.41 PM IST
DoT, Finance Ministry to ease burden of debt-laden telecom sectorThe relief measures could also include allowing spectrum to be used as collateral for loans, a move that was permitted by the RBI in 2012 b...
24 Jul, 2017, 11.30 PM IST
Government may extend spectrum fee payment tenure, cut USO levy to help telcosThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) last week had also suggested to the inter-ministerial group (IMG) created to look into the...
07 Jul, 2017, 12.29 AM IST
Licence fee collections from telcos shrink 9% in March quarterThe government collected Rs 3,361 crore in licence fee from telecom operators in the quarter ended March, down from Rs 3,698 crore in Decem...
06 Jul, 2017, 08.42 AM IST
Thank you, PM Modi! My home loan interest rates are about to get cheaperThe banking system is likely to gain by investing incremental money either into treasuries or lending as the cost of these deposits is even...
19 Nov, 2016, 09.47 AM IST
Study moots rationalisation of taxes, levies to boost stability of debt-laden telecom sectorThe Assocham-KPMG study does not name Reliance Jio Infocomm but appears to be alluding to the company, which is the sole major player to ha...
28 Sep, 2016, 04.07 PM IST
Shares of PSBs, leveraged companies surge on revised loan recast norms from RBIBanks have been given the option of converting the unsustainable debt, which cannot be serviced with cash flow, into equity.
15 Jun, 2016, 07.01 AM IST
Auction bonanza for Narendra Modi governmentMost telcos were able to keep their existing spectrum holdings, sources say, adding that some may have picked up 3G airwaves too.
26 Mar, 2015, 06.24 AM IST
- Positive on infrastructure companies: Sadanand Shetty
Things would improve in coming times and we would expect this sector to do significantly well.
19 Apr, 2012, 04.09 PM IST