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A quarter century’s effort by one of India’s best known billionaires to make a go of the telecoms business has come to naught, leaving him to play catch-up with more nimble-footed peers.

Kumar Mangalam Birla has finally thrown in the towel. It’s as close as it gets to an admission of defeat in the fight to save Vodafone Idea. A fight he’s been fighting for many years now.
On 4 August, the board of directors of Vodafone Idea accepted his request to step down as non-executive director and non-executive chairman and elected current non-executive director Himanshu Kapania as the non-executive chairman.
India loves its homegrown billionaires. The names Tata, Birla and Ambani are often used by people to emphasize the importance of prudent business decisions that led to these families amassing wealth …
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.