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Airtel finishes 5% stake sale to Qatar firm for Rs 6,796 cr

Jun 17, 2013

On 3 May 2013 Bharti and Qatar Foundation Endowment had announced a binding agreement for the allotment. #Business #Bharti Airtel #DealStream #Sunil Bharti Mittal #Qatar Foundation Endowment
Roaming charges: After Airtel, Vodafone gets Rs 100 cr fine for violating licence terms

Jun 14, 2013

The department of telecommunication has fined Vodafone Rs 100 crore for violating licence norms on the SLD service that allows roaming customers to be on local networks and thereby avoid paying roaming and STD charges. #Business #Bharti Airtel #WhyNow #Vodafone #Idea Cellular #DoT #Department of Telecommunications #Telecom Spectrum #Spectrum license agreement #Subscriber Local Dialing
Overseas investments by Indian cos trebles to $7.64 bn in Apr

Jun 13, 2013

#Numbers #Bharti Airtel #RBI #Suzlon Energy #ONGC Videsh #Foreign Investments #GMR Infrastructure #Invests

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How to get telcos to pipe down: revenue share auctions

May 05, 2012

India's telecom sector is screaming blue murder over Trai's spectrum pricing. Maybe they should bid in terms of revenue share. #Vodafone #Bharti #Idea #TRAI #Spectrum War

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Airtel to use green energy to power its Africa towers

2013-06-17 22:30:00

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel plans to use environmentally-friendly energy sources to power its telecom towers in Africa as part of an effort to reduce the operational costs of running the network. The company plans about 1,300-1,400 towers to be powered by sola #Bharti Airtel #Africa #India
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Airtel to use green energy to power its Africa towers

2013-06-17 22:34:00

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel plans to use environmentally-friendly energy sources to power its telecom towers in Africa as part of an effort to reduce the operational costs of running the network. The company plans about 1,300-1,400 towers to be powered by sola #Bharti Airtel #Africa #India
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Airtel issues $3.35 bn guarantee to Netherlands arm

2013-06-14 13:30:00

NEW DELHI: Telecom major Bharti Airtel has issued around $3.35 billion (Rs 19,400 crore) guarantee to its Netherlands-based holding company, Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV in April. "This is part of routine substitution of acquisition finan #Bharti Airtel #New Delhi #Africa

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In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

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Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
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Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

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At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

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The Aurangzeb factor: 5 lessons from Modi-Advani tussle

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The real reason behind Congress' decimation in Gujarat bypolls

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Narendra Modi's future is bright, but it won't be without obstacles

Beneath the hype and euphoria around Modi’s elevation is the stark reality that the party’s organizational health is bad.
For Kidambi Srikanth, Gopichand's nudge was a big chance

On Sunday, the 20-year-old justified the faith shown in him by Gopichand by becoming only the second Indian men’s singles player to win a Grand Prix Gold title with a straight games upset of world number seven Boonsak Ponsana.