Call drops: DoT rings up owners; customers may be compensated

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 19:48

The government has asked their promoters including Anil Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Sunil Mittal to directly intervene to address the issue, failing which the companies would have to face penal action.

Call drops: DoT rings up owners of mobile firms

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 19:09

With the menace of call drops becoming acute, Department of Telecom rang up the owners of mobile firms including Sunil Mittal, Anil Ambani and Kumar Mangalam Birla to convey Prime Minister's concerns on the issue, asking them to take steps to check the problem.

Sunil Mittal favours payment bank licence for telcos over banks

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 21:08

Pitching for payment bank licence for telcos, telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal on Tuesday said traditional banks will not be able to deliver financial services to the lower end of the population without incurring huge losses.

CCI approves AXA raising stake in insurance JVs with Bharti

Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 00:11

Fair trade regulator CCI Wednesday approved European financial services giant AXA's proposal to hike its stake from 26 percent to 49 percent in its two insurance ventures with Sunil Mittal led Bharti Group, Bharti AXA Life Insurance and Bharti AXA General Insurance.

Bharti Airtel partners Amazon for cloud services

Last Updated: Sunday, March 22, 2015, 18:43

Telecom major Bharti Airtel today announced partnership with Amazon Web Services to offer its cloud computing services to customers in India.

Airtel to double 4G network by next fiscal: Sunil Mittal

Last Updated: Sunday, March 8, 2015, 13:10

"We have decided to roll out (4G). We have 20,000 base station now, in March, and we will be doing another 20,000 next year," Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said here.

Want to free Internet? Do philanthropy: Sunil Mittal to Mark Zuckerberg

Last Updated: Sunday, March 8, 2015, 12:18

Taking on social networking giant Facebook's ambitious 'free internet' plans, telecom major Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal has said the companies should do 'philanthropy' if they stop charging for mobile internet.

Mobile tariffs need to go up: Sunil Mittal

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 20:49

Telecom major Bharti Airtel Tuesday pitched for a hike in mobile and data tariffs, at least in small quantities, as it gears for the biggest ever spectrum auction beginning Wednesday.

Bharti Airtel raises Rs 1,925 cr from stake sale in tower unit

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 17:25

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has raised Rs 1,925 crore (about USD 310 million) by selling nearly 3 percent stake in its tower unit - Bharti Infratel.

Additional spectrum: Hearing against Mittal, Ruia on Jan 12

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 15:50

The special 2G court on Wednesday fixed January 12 for hearing a corruption case related to allocation of additional spectrum during NDA rule in 2002.

Bharti Airtel Q3 net profit jumps 115% to Rs 610 crore

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 14:47

Led by growth in data revenues, country's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel's net profit rose 115.1 percent to Rs 610 crore for the quarter ended December 2013.