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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
A quarter with subscriber gains portends well for the telecom operator, but its underlying metrics tell a more cautious story.
In a letter to shareholders in early August, Vodafone Idea non-executive chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said the company had emerged from its most challenging years, pointing to greater financial clarity and a renewed capacity to invest in the beleaguered telecom company.
As if on cue, just days later, Vodafone Idea announced something it had not managed in eight long years: it added customers. In Q1 FY27, the telecom operator reported positive net subscriber additions for the first time since the 2018 merger—about 300,000 users—taking its total base to 193.1 million.
The optics were hard to miss, especially as the quarter …
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?
While the Rs 9,000 crore promoter investment in Q1 brings a measure of reassurance, investors will still have to wait for Jio and retail to work through their challenges.
