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Asia Pacific Operators Vodafone June 12, 2020

India court offers operators AGR hope

India’s Supreme Court asked operators to provide payment schedules on clearing adjusted gross revenue (AGR) taxes, raising expectations Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel may have more time to pay massive…

By Joseph Waring

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Asia Pacific Operators Singtel SoftBank August 13, 2019

Airtel dismisses stake sale speculation

Bharti Airtel denied it was preparing to sell a stake in the company following widespread reports SoftBank was considering making an investment into the operator. In a statement to the…

By Chris Donkin

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Asia Pacific April 12, 2019

DoT conditionally approves Airtel, Tata deal

India’s Department of Telecommunications approved a Bharti Airtel acquisition of Tata Teleservices’ consumer mobile business on the condition it secures bank guarantees of INR90 billion ($1.3 billion) to cover spectrum…

By Chris Donkin

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Asia Pacific May 15, 2018

Airtel completes Telenor India acquisition

Bharti Airtel’s long-awaited acquisition of Telenor India was completed after receiving final regulatory approval, making way for the market leader to expand both its subscriber base and, more importantly, spectrum…

By Joseph Waring

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Airtel February 27, 2017

Bharti’s Mittal declares war on roaming

Sunil Mittal (pictured), chairman of Bharti Enterprises – and GSMA chairman – made a rallying call to mobile operators to improve their image in the eyes of customers. In Monday’s…

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Regulation October 26, 2016

Bharti chairman applauds reforms, but urges lower spectrum prices

LIVE FROM GSMA MOBILE 360 INDIA: India’s mobile operators have waited a long time for the government to formulate a clear spectrum roadmap, but the wait is over now that…

By Joseph Waring

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