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Despite its stated intent to steer clear of the consumer business, it has joined the fray for the auction of 5G spectrum and applied for a unified pan-India licence.
Editor's note: Over the course of the past few weeks, the Ahmedabad-based Adani group has made its intention to get into the telecoms business clear. But it will not be the consumer telecoms space dominated by Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and a highly indebted Vodafone Idea. Rather, it will go after the enterprise business that is likely to explode on the back of high speed 5G networks. Right off the bat, there’s a mismatch between its communication and actions on the ground. If entering the enterprise business is its objective, it could have paid the one-time non-refundable application fee of Rs 50,000 for allocation of spectrum for use in private data networks. Such spectrum for non-consumer telecoms use is governed by simpler rules. Instead, it has chosen to join the fray to bid for 5G spectrum through auction along with licensee companies. It has also applied for a unified licence for a pan-India service, and internet services for the Gujarat circle. The cost of spectrum in the auctions—to be held on 26 July—could run into millions of dollars. It is not immediately …
FY26 numbers show that Airtel is stealing a march on its larger rival on most counts and is unrelenting in its ambition, casting a cloud on Jio’s valuation.
A proposed SEC settlement lifts the biggest overhang on the Adani Group—its access to US capital markets.
Telecom and retail both continue with their ‘hit and miss’, while O2C delivers an unsurprisingly poor performance in Q4. This is a year RIL will be glad to see the back of.
