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A customer signs up at a Reliance Jio store in Delhi

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DMK MP Kanimozhi along her husband G Aravindan after she was acquitted by a special court in the 2G scam case, in New Delhi

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DMK MP Kanimozhi leaving court premises after being acquitted in the 2G scam case, outside Patiala House courts in New Delhi

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Supporters celebrate outside Patiala court after verdict on 2G spectrum case in New Delhi

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Former Telecom minister A Raja celebrates along with his supporters after he was acquitted by a special court in the 2G scam case, in New Delhi

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Former Telecom minister A Raja celebrates along with his supporters after he was acquitted by a special court in the 2G scam case, in New Delhi

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Finance minister Arun Jaitley addresses media on 2G scam verdict at Parliament in New Delhi

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Congress leader Kapil Sibal addresses the media on 2G outside the Parliament House in New Delhi

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Here It Is

Reliance scions Akash and Isha Ambani at the Jio Phone launch
Union Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal climbs a tree to get proper network connectivity for a phone call in Bikaner.

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Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference on the achievements of the Ministry during 3 years of NDA Government, in Ne...

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Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad with Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Aruna Sundararajan at a press conferen...

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Idea-Vodafone merger
WHAT AN IDEA

(left) Kumar Mangalam Birla; Sunil Sood, Vodafone India
Prime Mover

Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani at the Jio launch
Waiting Line

A notice outside a shop depicts the high demand for the Jio sim

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Get It

Customers out to get their free Jio SIM at a Reliance Digital Store

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Union Minister for Communication & IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad with BJP MP Hema Malini to inaguration and Foundation stone laying, Lauching of new services and schemes & distribution b...

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TRAI chairman Ram Sevak Sharma

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Need For Speed

Commuters on a fast train grapple with slow internet

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Magazine

Silence Across The Spectrum

Telecom providers gasp for breath under Jio’s onslaught, TRAI rules. As losses mount, the future holds more hurt.

May 30, 2018

| Arindam Mukherjee
A Spectrum Fully Scrambled

This self-exculpatory account justifies acts by looking at past practices but fails to show how they pass standards of transparency and fairness

Jan 25, 2018

| Sunil Bahri
For Bharat, A Free 4G Buffet

After the Jio SIM changed India’s smartphone world, the Jio Phone is here to transform and rule over rural telecom

Aug 04, 2017

| Arindam Mukherjee
Gladiators In The Data Ring

Jio’s entry has shaken up Indian telecom, forcing other players to opt for mergers to stay in the game

Mar 03, 2017

| Arindam Mukherjee
Free Dole Spurs Magic SIM Surge

The three-month-old Reliance SIM has hit the telecom market hard. How long will the free run last?

Dec 15, 2016

| Arindam Mukherjee

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Website

Telecom Commission Allows Use Of Mobile Services In Flights And Ships

Trai had recommended to allow foreign satellite firms in facilitating in-flight mobile communication services.

May 01, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
2G Spectrum Scam: After ED, CBI Appeal Against Acquittal, Delhi HC Issues Notice to Raja, Kanimozhi

The special court on December 21 last year acquitted Raja, Kanimozhi and others in the cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the ED.

Mar 21, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Special CBI Court Discharges Maran Brothers In Illegal Telephone Exchange Case

The central agency had alleged that Dayanidhi had caused a loss of Rs 1.78 crore to the exchequer.

Mar 14, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
RBI Imposes Rs 5 Crore Penalty On Airtel Payments Bank For Violating KYC Norms

This penalty has been imposed "for contravening the 'Operating Guidelines for Payments Banks' and directions issued by RBI on KYC norms," RBI said in a statement.

Mar 10, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Debt-Ridden Aircel Files For Bankruptcy

The firm was facing troubled times in highly financially stressed industry.

Feb 28, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Former DG Of Audit Told Parliamentary Panel He Was Forced To Sign On CAG’s 2G Report, Says A. Raja’s New Book

In the book 2G SAGA UNFOLDS, Raja says DG Audit told Pariliamentary panel he had deleted the presumptive loss figure from the report because it was not part of the accounting code accepted internationally, but was later included by senior officers at the insistence of Vinod Rai.

Jan 20, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Telecom Sector To Lose 90,000 Jobs By September, Says Report

Since last year the sector has already lost around 40,000 people and the trend is likely to continue for the next six-nine months

Jan 15, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
UIDAI Extends Temporary Permission To Airtel For Aadhaar-Based Verification Till March 31

Both Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank had come under fire after the Sunil Mittal-led firm allegedly opened accounts of its mobile phone subscribers without seeking their "informed consent

Jan 11, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
The Year’s Biggest Business Stories That You May Have Already Forgotten

It was a year of hardknocks for businessman Adani, and that of promises for Ambani.

Dec 28, 2017

| Outlook Web Bureau
Called Criminal For Bringing Revolution In Telecom Sector, Says A Raja After Acquittal In 2G Scam Case

"I brought a revolution in the telecom sector. It is not unknown to the history that a person who did a revolution is often termed as a criminal," he said.

Dec 21, 2017

| Outlook Web Bureau