Telenor

Fearing high-tech espionage, and battling with China over trade, the United States has pushed NATO allies such as Norway to exclude Huawei from lucrative 5G deals, and the Norwegian security services also warned against the firm.

Airtel to lay-off section of Telenor staff post-merger

Airtel said "not all people from Telenor India will find meaningful roles within Airtel".

DoT says Bharti-Telenor deal clearance in a mth, sees Voda-Idea merger nod before June

Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said she did not foresee any hurdles in the clearances pertaining to the Vodafone-Idea merger (a move that would create India's largest telecom operator dislodging Bharti Airtel from the top slot) and that it "should get done" in the timeframe of June outlined by the two companies.

TDSAT has asked DoT to clear Airtel-Telenor merger without BG: Bharti

The Department of Telecom on April 3 had asked Bharti Airtel to submit bank guarantee of around Rs 1,700 crore before approving its merger with Telenor India.

Idea, Vodafone lose customers, Airtel adds users in July

Total mobile customer base of five COAI members that include Aircel and Telenor declined by 37.74 lakh to 82.6 crore in July from 83 crore at the end of June.

Airtel to hold shareholders, creditors meet in September on Telenor merger deal

The company in a filing to BSE said that pursuant to an order of the Special Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal, a meeting of equity shareholders and unsecured creditors of Bharti Airtel Limited (the Company) has been convened on September 19.

Bharti Airtel receives CCI nod for merger with Telenor India

Last week, Bharti Airtel and Telenor India also filed a joint application before National Company Law Tribunal for approval of their merger following nod from the market regulator Sebi and stock exchanges -- BSE and NSE.

Bharti Airtel rallies over 3% on securing SEBI, exchanges' nod for Telenor India buyout

Airtel further stated that Telenor and Airtel have filed on Thursday the joint company application before the New Delhi Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for the approval of the proposed scheme of merger.

TRAI may reject Voda, Idea, Airtel plea that calls not be priced sub-14 paise/min

Trai reasons that these key telecom players, are already charging voice calls lower than Rs 14 paise, or the interconnect charge, which is paid by the operator on whose network the call originates to the recipient operator.

After Telenor, Airtel to acquire Tikona Networks' 4G biz for about Rs 1,600cr

With this acquisition, Airtel will be second company, after Reliance Jio, in the country to have pan-India presence in 2300 Mhz band - which has second largest ecosystem of 4G devices.

COAI to urge Telecom Minister to relax Q4 license fee payout

The telecom body has warned the ministry of further erosion in the sector's financial health, sources privy to the information told CNBC-TV18.

Birla, Colao meet telecom minister, discuss Voda-Idea merger

The two top honchos, flanked by senior executives from both companies, called on the minister to discuss the details of the mega alliance, in a meeting that lasted half an hour.

TRAI to review procedural bottlenecks in telecom business

Regulator TRAI today stressed the need to identify bottlenecks that make the functioning of telecom business difficult in India and listed out processes such as licence acquisition, spectrum allotment and mergers that can be reviewed.

Foreign interest in stressed assets but framework needed: Moelis

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Manisha Girotra of Moelis India said that India urgently needs capital and restructuring of stressed assets should be undertaken through any means possible.

Bharti Infratel up 6%; CLSA upgrades to buy as risks overdone

CLSA feels with recent sharp correction in stock, risks related to tenancy impact due to likely Vodafone-Idea merger are overdone now. These M&A deals in telecom space would be a positive catalyst for Infratel's growth and strengthen its position in the tower space in India, it believes.

Reliance Jio Effect: Airtel kills domestic roaming

From April 1, Airtel will offer free incoming calls and SMSes while roaming across India, and there will be no extra charges on on outgoing calls and data while outstation.

Telenor India buy won't affect Airtel's financial position: S&P

S&P Global Ratings' rating on Bharti Airtel (BBB-/stable/--) is unaffected by the company's plans to acquire the India operations of Telenor ASA, it said in a statement.

5 major telcos optimum for Indian mkt: Telecom Secy JS Deepak

The fresh round of consolidation unfolding in the Indian telecom market is likely to yield five major players ensuring "enough competition but not fragmentation of spectrum", Telecom Secretary J S Deepak said.

Consolidation in telecom sector may lead to 1 mn job losses

According to a GSMA report, India‘s telecom sector directly employs 2.2 million people and 1.8 million indirectly. Consolidation in the sector could cause nearly a third of these jobs to be shed.

Could consolidation in telecom space trigger job cuts?

On one hand, these mergers could help bigger incumbents increase their subscriber base, and provide competitive pricing but on the other hand, this is also likely to wipe off 10-15 percent of jobs in the telecom space, reports an article in Business Standard.

Here are a few top picks of G Chokkalingam

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, G Chokkalingam, Founder & MD of Equinomics Research & Advisory discussed fundamentals of the market and shared outlook on his top picks.

Dipen Sheth: NDA's politics and economics to converge;how it will benefit mkt

Dipen Sheth, Head-Institutional Research, HDFC Securities is confident that with the current government in power, the politics and economics will converge. So the themes that would play out over the next two years would be housing, agriculture and rural infrastructure.

Risk reward may be against the market: Udayan Mukherjee

The fundamentals of the market are average and may trigger a correction, Consulting Editor Udayan Mukherjee told CNBC-TV18 in an interview. In view of factors such as average fundamentals, earnings concerns and macros, the risk-reward is not favourable here on, he said.

Mayuresh Joshi optimistic on Reliance's core & non-core biz

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Mayuresh Joshi, Fund Manager at Angel Broking shared his readings and outlook on specific stocks and sectors.

Airtel in discussions to buy Telenor's Indian business

Bharti Airtel is eyeing a stake in Telenor's India business, reports The Economic Times. The deal, if it goes through, will mean Airtel will be taking on the Rs 1500 crore debt of the Norway-based company's Indian arm.