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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The debt-ridden telco is losing customers by the droves and finding it tough to raise capital, while rivals with newly won spectrum amp up the pressure.
Prop up a business that’s getting whipped by the competition or let it bleed to death? That is one tough call to make for Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the $44 billion Aditya Birla Group that straddles sectors ranging from commodities and telecommunication to finance and fashion.
Known for being unemotional about cutting off businesses that don’t make money, Birla is faced with the biggest challenge of his 25-year stewardship, which began when he took the reins of the group in 1995 following the death of his father, Aditya Vikram Birla.
Group firm Vodafone Idea Ltd, now known as Vi, …
The Rs 1,800 crore push into cables and wires may find it hard to rewire a market built over decades.
Elon Musk’s satellite internet promises a new way to get online. How will it coexist with the country's telecom giants?
A quarter with subscriber gains portends well for the telecom operator, but its underlying metrics tell a more cautious story.
