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TRAI recommends Rs 3,050 crore penalty on Airtel, Vodafone & Idea

Telecom Regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended Department of Telecom (DoT) to impose combined penalty of 3,050 crore rupees on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea...

October 24, 2016

Vodafone wins transfer pricing tax dispute case

British telecom giant Vodafone has the transfer pricing tax dispute case against Indian Income Tax authorities after Bombay High Court ruled in its favour. The court decision came...

October 10, 2015

Payment Banks

About 40%-50% of India’s 1.25 billion population is eligible to open a bank account, but is still unbanked . In the Union Budget 2014-2015, the finance minister Arun...

April 26, 2015

For ‘M-Pesa’ Vodafone partners with ICICI Bank

Vodafone India has launched its mobile money transfer and payment service ‘M-Pesa’ in India. The telecom giant has inked a partnership with ICICI Bank to extend this service...

November 12, 2012

Bharti Airtel: World's fourth largest mobile operator

As per the ‘Scoreboard’ report by analyst firm Wireless Intelligence, Bharti Airtel with over 250 million mobile subscribers is world’s fourth-largest operator in terms of subscribers. Airtel overtook...

October 24, 2012

Airtel, Vodafone hurriedly allocated excess spectrum, Rs 508 cr loss to exchequer: CBI

As per Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), current telecom operators Bharti Airtel (earlier known as Bharti Cellular) and Vodafone India (earlier known as Hutchison Max & Sterling Cellular)...

July 31, 2012

Piramal acquires 5.5% in Vodafone

Recently, Ajay Piramal of Piramal Healthcare has purchased 5.5% stake in India’s third largest mobile service provider Vodafone Essar for Rs 2900 crore, or $640 million. Piramal Healthcare...

November 4, 2011

Current Affairs : July 2, 2011

Vodafone to pay $ 400 million more to Essar to buy 33% stake in the joint venture Vodafone-Essar Vodafone: UK-based Essar: Indian Partner for Vodafone Vodafone to pay...

July 2, 2011

Current Article : Bharti MTN Deal: Timeline, The Deal, Intricacies & Hurdles

Background: In May 2008, it emerged that India’s telecommunication company Bharti Airtel was exploring the possibility of buying MTN Group of South Africa. At that time it was...

September 28, 2009

Current Affairs Current Affairs: Awards : July 25, 2009

July 25, 2009: Save the World’ Awards dedicated to Michael Jackson: ‘Heal the World’July 24, 2009: Indira peace prize for Gates foundationJuly 25, 2009: Shahid Kapur gets prestigious...

July 22, 2009

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