Romit Guha
The ruling is another setback for the British telecom giant’s Indian arm, after mobile operators in the country lost a case and were asked to pay $19 billion in total government demands. Vodafone Idea Ltd. is struggling to pay $7.2 billion in back fees to India’s government.
Cos say it’s an open deal, shouldn’t fall foul of competition rules; Facebook states no data sharing pact with Jio while both have agreed to disagree on issues like data localisation
In Facebook, we have found a partner who is a leading technology company globally, who can help us with a lot of things that we're doing, who can advise us, we can collaborate on areas. Also, you know, Facebook, understands this business, understands the space, so they understand the Jio story better than most others would do, Anshuman Thakur said.
Specific tasks and responsibilities are commissioned to every member of this core Maharashtra Covid Response Group that is working directly with the chief minister’s office. They, as a member put it also “take note of what happened in the last 24 hours while some share information about global medical news and research updates.”
The $5 billion cash payment, it said, will not cause significant deterioration in Airtel’s credit quality.
Private LTE is a local LTE network utilizing dedicated radio equipment to service a premise making it independent of fluctuations in a wide-area network. The two companies had deployed the solution in January this year at Nokia’s equipment manufacturing facility in Chennai.
“While respecting the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s decision, we would like to express our disappointment as we believe the long standing disputes raised regarding the AGR definition were bonafide and genuine,” Airtel said in a statement.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman RS Sharma rejected accusations of micromanagement and interference in the pricing of television channels.
Operators continue to be the top spammers in India with 67% user calls received for upselling of various offers and reminders. However, with the rise of mobile payment systems and a growing middle economic class in the country, banks and fintech-based organisations and telemarketing services emerging as big spammers.
The company is approaching the DoT to seek clarity on the total amounts involved and request for their support. SC recently broadened the definition on AGR, which will add significantly to the cost of carriers such as Voda Idea & Airtel.
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