All stories by Kiran Rathee
Vodafone, Idea merger likely to get DoT nod soon
Rediff.com15 Jun 2018Idea Cellular will have to furnish an undertaking that it will entertain all the liabilities whenever a final decision is taken by the courts
Another flop story in govt's kitty
Rediff.com15 Jun 2018Investment proposals under Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme take a hit as firms exit
Now, Jio takes its battle against Airtel to the cloud
Rediff.com13 Jun 2018With intense competition in telecom sector, the two companies are rushing to diversify into other revenue streams, prominent among which are cloud services.
Before the mega merger, Idea may have to liberalise spectrum held by Voda
Rediff.com28 May 2018Idea may have to shell out Rs 4,500 crore in cash
Prepaid battle won, Jio eyes post-paid war with Rs 199 plan
Rediff.com13 May 2018Till now, Jio was primarily targeting the prepaid customer base, with only a few post-paid plans. Now, it is targeting post-paid customers, who usually spend over five times their prepaid counterparts and are more company-loyal.
IndiGo keen to offer Wi-Fi in the sky
Rediff.com9 May 2018Bharti Airtel, the country's largest mobile operator, has already joined the global Seamless Alliance to provide in-flight connectivity.
Jio fails to dent market share of top 3 telcos
Rediff.com7 May 2018Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL increase subscriber share while Idea manages to retain
DoT may cut levies to boost telecom sector
Rediff.com5 May 2018As part of the national telecom policy, which is likely to be released next month, various levies and charges including SUC would be reviewed in line with the input tax credit available.
C Vijaykumar on HCL Tech's growth strategy and NexGen products
Rediff.com4 May 2018HCL Technologies is betting big on next-generation services and products that are likely to contribute 40 per cent of its revenues in 2-3 years.
Jio's subscriber revenue rate highest in Q4
Rediff.com30 Apr 2018The launch of services by Jio in September 2016 had disrupted the whole telecom sector, with operators matching low rates to maintain competitive edge
'Aadhaar is empowerment, not Big Brother'
Rediff.com20 Apr 2018In order for somebody to do Big Brother kind of a job, one has to collect lots of data. Aadhaar collects very minimal data whether at the time of enrollment or at the time of authentication.
Govt seeks RBI nod to launch India Post Payments bank
Rediff.com18 Apr 2018The IPPB, which is currently running pilot services in Raipur and Ranchi, needs a go-ahead from RBI for the software used for system integration
How AI will change India economy
Rediff.com12 Apr 2018The catch is the need for a supportive framework in place that allows free and fair use of such technology.
'India's IT system is safe and secure'
Rediff.com23 Mar 2018'Information highways are getting stronger and being strengthened.' 'Occasionally, accidents could occur. But do you stop constructing highways because two motor cars collide?'
100% rural teledensity by 2020 remains a distant dream
Rediff.com20 Mar 2018Broadband connectivity to villages has been lagging, with delay in laying of an optical fibre network up to gram panchayats
Indian businesses are in serious need of security makeover
Rediff.com15 Mar 2018According to a survey despite the intensity and magnitude of attacks, Indian businesses are still not prepared to defend themselves against determined attackers
Why India will find it difficult to become a $1-trn digital economy
Rediff.com9 Mar 2018The government needs to make the right policies and further execute them properly if it wants to move towards this goal
Who will gain the most from easier spectrum caps?
Rediff.com9 Mar 2018According to a Deutsche Bank report, the Idea-Vodafone combine will have to pay a 30 per cent lower annual installment on spectrum due to the longer duration of the payment tenure.
Non-predatory rules: Jio is once again the gainer
Rediff.com21 Feb 2018The Mukesh Ambani-owned company had complained to Trai about incumbents offering segmented offers to different customers
Erase our Aadhaar data: Meghalaya residents ask UIDAI
Rediff.com18 Feb 2018In emails to the UIDAI, they have also asked for details about the organisations with whom their Aadhaar numbers had been shared.