Bharti Airtel to purchase a 4.7% stake in Indus Towers
Indian MNO Bharti Airtel has said it will snap up a 4.7 percent stake in cell tower firm Indus Towers from Vodafone Idea.
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Bharti Airtel plots $16 billion subsidiary spending spree
India’s Bharti Airtel has divulged plans to spend more than a trillion rupees doing business with its group companies over the next five years.
Google ploughs more money into India with $1 billion Bharti Airtel investment
US technology giant Google will invest up to $1 billion in Indian telecoms giant Airtel as part of its Google for India Digitization Fund.
Bharti consolidates fibre assets as it walks away from planned re-org
Bharti Airtel has abandoned plans to reorganise its business, buoyed by the Indian telecoms reform package, but is still shuffling certain assets, including bringing a fibre business in house.
Bharti has another bash at buying Dish TV
Bharti Airtel is reportedly holding early talks to acquire control of Dish TV India almost two years after a previous takeover attempt fell apart.
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea both hike prices, citing the need to increase ARPU
Two of the three major Indian mobile network operators have felt forced to increase the price of many of their tariffs so they can pay their bills.
MTN walks away from Ethiopia despite mobile money permit clause
Ethiopia has formally announced that it will launch the process to award a second new mobile licence later this month, including a permit to offer financial services. But despite the removal of what has been widely seen as a key stumbling block in the liberalisation of the country’s telecoms market, African telco giant MTN is reportedly no longer interested.
Bharti Airtel and Tata to roll out homegrown OpenRAN tech
India’s dream of developing and exporting its own 5G networking equipment has taken another step towards becoming reality.
India wants homegrown 5G as Bharti holds back from launch
India is ready to start testing 5G, according to the country’s communications minister, who this week called upon the country’s telcos to opt for homegrown technology for the 5G core.
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OneWeb is back in business, thanks to $500 million of UK taxpayer money
Beleaguered communications satellite company OneWeb has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with fresh cash and a new CEO.
Court clears sale of OneWeb to UK government
OneWeb will soon be back in business, after a US Bankruptcy Court gave the go-ahead for its billion-dollar rescue by the UK government and Bharti Global.
Indian operators given ten years to pay up
The Indian Supreme Court had made the final judgment on the matter of the mountain of cash owed to the government by Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel.
India Supreme Court rules against Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel
Competition in the Indian market might get a lot smaller as the Indian Supreme Court rules Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel will both have to pay Government estimates on spectrum fees.
Active subscriber data suggests Reliance Jio is not Indian market leader
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released subscription data for March, though with only 80% of Reliance Jio customers active, the numbers are not all they seem.
Amazon said to be considering $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel
The strange big tech arms race in the Indian telecoms sector looks set to escalate further if Amazon buys a major stake in Bharti Airtel.
Indian telco association pushes for ‘floor tariffs’ on data pricing
In an open letter to India’s telecoms regulator, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has pressed for quicker decision making on pricing restriction rules.
Nokia lands $1 billion RAN deal with Bharti Airtel
Finnish kit vendor has signed a multi-year deal with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to deploy a bunch of its SRAN gear all over the country.
Indian Supreme Court takes another step towards telco duopoly
The Indian Supreme Court has rejected a plea from Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to defer disputed spectrum licence fee payments, making the collapse of Vodafone Idea a realistic outcome.
Indian government backpedals over operator fees
Indian officials have reportedly been told not to take ‘coercive action’ if Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel don’t pay their massive bills by today’s deadline.
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