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Telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel on Wednesday emerged as the biggest bidder for radio waves used to transmit mobile phone voice and data signals, cornering about 60 per cent of the Rs 11,341 crore worth of spectrum sold in an auction.

Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Founder and Chairperson of Bharti Enterprises, was awarded the Honorary Knighthood by King Charles III in the United Kingdom. Mr Mittal is the first Indian to receive a Knighthood from King Charles.

Bharti-backed OneWeb today said it plans to launch 36 satellites with the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO to complete its global LEO constellation.

Bharti Airtel announced on Thursday that it had reached 1 million 5G users in Mumbai. The Sunil Mittal-led telco said it is well poised to cover every town and key rural areas with Airtel 5G services by end of March 2024.

The company last month increased the price of its minimum recharge or the entry-level for the 28-day mobile phone service plan by about 57 per cent to Rs 155 in eight circles.

Ant Group and SoftBank are discussing selling their stakes in Paytm in the open market, after talks with Bharti Airtel founder failed, the Economic Times reported. Shareholders and investment banks representing Ant and Softbank had earlier approached Bharti Airtel founder-chairman Sunil Mittal with an offer to sell their stakes in One 97 Communicat...

China's Ant Group and Japan's SoftBank Group Corp have discussed selling stake in One 97 Communications, which operates Indian digital payments firm Paytm, through a block deal, the Economic Times newspaper reported today.

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal said on Saturday that Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's efforts to push 4G technology in India forced him to "catch up".

Bharti Airtel's 5G service will be available in eight cities from Saturday, its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said at India Mobile Congress. With this, Bharti Airtel has become the first company to launch 5G services in the country.

The top players -- Mukesh Ambani of Reliance, Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Airtel, and Kumar Mangalam Birla of Vodafone Idea -- will start with select cities after Diwali but have ambitious targets for nationwide coverage.

Bharti Airtel's 5G service will be available in eight cities from Saturday, its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said at India Mobile Congress.

Airtel has received spectrum allocation letter within few hours of making upfront payment to the Department of Telecom, the telecom company’s chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Thursday. While all telecom operators have opted to make payments in 20 annual instalments, Bharti Airtel paid Rs 8,312 crore equivalent to four annual instalments to th...

Airtel founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has praised the central government's proactive approach for allocating 5G spectrum within hours of paying the requisite dues.

Airtel has paid Rs. 8,3 crore to the Department of Telecom (DoT) towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions. With the payment, Airtel has paid four years of 2022 spectrum dues upfront. The company had an option to pay Rs. 3.8 crore upfront and the rest in 19 annual instalments.

5G spectrum auction in currently undergoing the fifth round of bidding as firms run by tycoons Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal and Gautam Adani as well as Vodafone Idea have invested huge sums. According to telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the response on the first day exceeded all expectations.

Telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel on Wednesday emerged as the biggest bidder for radio waves used to transmit mobile phone voice and data signals, cornering about 60 per cent of the Rs 11,341 crore worth of spectrum sold in an auction.

Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Founder and Chairperson of Bharti Enterprises, was awarded the Honorary Knighthood by King Charles III in the United Kingdom. Mr Mittal is the first Indian to receive a Knighthood from King Charles.

Bharti-backed OneWeb today said it plans to launch 36 satellites with the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO to complete its global LEO constellation.

Bharti Airtel announced on Thursday that it had reached 1 million 5G users in Mumbai. The Sunil Mittal-led telco said it is well poised to cover every town and key rural areas with Airtel 5G services by end of March 2024.

The company last month increased the price of its minimum recharge or the entry-level for the 28-day mobile phone service plan by about 57 per cent to Rs 155 in eight circles.

Ant Group and SoftBank are discussing selling their stakes in Paytm in the open market, after talks with Bharti Airtel founder failed, the Economic Times reported. Shareholders and investment banks representing Ant and Softbank had earlier approached Bharti Airtel founder-chairman Sunil Mittal with an offer to sell their stakes in One 97 Communicat...

China's Ant Group and Japan's SoftBank Group Corp have discussed selling stake in One 97 Communications, which operates Indian digital payments firm Paytm, through a block deal, the Economic Times newspaper reported today.

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal said on Saturday that Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's efforts to push 4G technology in India forced him to "catch up".

Bharti Airtel's 5G service will be available in eight cities from Saturday, its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said at India Mobile Congress. With this, Bharti Airtel has become the first company to launch 5G services in the country.

The top players -- Mukesh Ambani of Reliance, Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Airtel, and Kumar Mangalam Birla of Vodafone Idea -- will start with select cities after Diwali but have ambitious targets for nationwide coverage.

Bharti Airtel's 5G service will be available in eight cities from Saturday, its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said at India Mobile Congress.

Airtel has received spectrum allocation letter within few hours of making upfront payment to the Department of Telecom, the telecom company’s chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Thursday. While all telecom operators have opted to make payments in 20 annual instalments, Bharti Airtel paid Rs 8,312 crore equivalent to four annual instalments to th...

Airtel founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has praised the central government's proactive approach for allocating 5G spectrum within hours of paying the requisite dues.

Airtel has paid Rs. 8,3 crore to the Department of Telecom (DoT) towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions. With the payment, Airtel has paid four years of 2022 spectrum dues upfront. The company had an option to pay Rs. 3.8 crore upfront and the rest in 19 annual instalments.

5G spectrum auction in currently undergoing the fifth round of bidding as firms run by tycoons Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal and Gautam Adani as well as Vodafone Idea have invested huge sums. According to telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the response on the first day exceeded all expectations.