The Davos Agenda Summit will be held from January 25-29, with several heads of state scheduled to deliver special addresses and engage with business leaders

Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises has had a long and illustrious career. He laid the foundation of Bharti Airtel in 1992. The first turning point for Mittal came when he introduced Indians to push-button phones that created a storm in the country. The move transformed his journey, motivating him to introduce answering machines, fax machines and cordless phones in the country. He shared crucial moments of his career with Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director (Publishing), India Today Group, in an exclusive interview.Read More: TCS share rises over 2% ahead of Q3 earnings

The reason behind the rise in debt levels of telcos is because of the accumulation of AGR (Adjusted Gross Revenue) liabilities in debt, besides the proposed spectrum auctions, ICRA said in a report

While Jio has reportedly asked Department of Telecommunications to auction 700 MHz spectrum recently; it asked DoT to auction 700 MHz in 2015 as well but didn't buy anything in 2016 auctions

Bharti Airtel believes its average revenue per users (ARPU) would have touched Rs 200 if not for the pandemic and believes that the company should get there in the next few months

Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal has said that the company might upgrade its payments bank to SFB to attract large depositors

In a letter to the telecom regulator, Jio alleged that \"large number of port out requests, wherein the customers are citing this as the sole reason for porting out of Jio without having any complaints or other issues related to Jio services\"

Mukesh Ambani said that Jio will pioneer the 5G Revolution in India in the second half of 2021 and will be powered by indigenous-developed network, hardware and technology components

I can say with utmost confidence that 5G will enable India to not only participate in the fourth industrial revolution but also to lead it, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said on the opening day of India Mobile Congress

Byju's has raised $500 million in a fresh funding round from private equity (PE) players BlackRock and T. Rowe Price; With one million Twitter followers, the Reserve Bank of India has become the world's first central bank to achieve the milestone; India's macroeconomic situation is improving fast and the country's GDP growth will turn positive in the third and fourth quarters of the current financial year, eminent economist Ashima Goyal said on Sunday. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: India likely to report current account surplus for FY21: CEA

Current tariff 'unsustainable'; need telcos, TRAI to support hike: Sunil Mittal Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has stressed on the need for a hike in telecom tariff as the current rates are \"unsustainable\". However, he said that the telecom market and regulator would have to be on the same page before Airtel can go ahead with a tariff hike. Mittal added that Airtel has taken a clear stance on the issue of tariffs and is of the view that a hike is necessary. World Bank cautions G20 ...

SpaceX is working to build a permanent human settlement on Mars with its Starship rocket - a reusable rocket-and-spacecraft combo that is currently under development at the company's South Texas facility

Speaking at the stone laying of rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra, PM Modi said the projects are an example of Uttar Pradesh fast moving on the path of development despite COVID-19

RBI has also surpassed US Federal Reserve, and European Central Bank (ECB), emerging the most popular central bank on Twitter

Sunil Mittal said that Airtel has clarified in the past that tariff hike is necessary, but the company cannot move ahead with it sans support from the rest of industry and regulator

Experts say that the reluctance of COAI to revise the broadband definition and its disapproval for a speed measurement programme show that the telcos are not ready for any kind of scrutiny

OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband satellite communications firm, also announced new management with telecom czar Sunil Mittal at the helm as Executive Chairman

Bharti Airtel is in a sweet spot again, thanks to tariff hikes last year, digital gameplan and relentless focus on winning quality customers

Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has entered the fast-growing cloud communications market with the launch of Airtel IQ today; Johnson & Johnson has said that the first batches of its COVID-19 vaccine could be available as soon as January; World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday warned vaccine nationalism would only prolong the pandemic. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Ant Group IPO: 5 interesting facts about the world's biggest public offering

Johnson & Johnson says first batches of COVID-19 vaccine may be available as soon as JanuaryAmid ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Johnson & Johnson has said that the first batches of its COVID-19 vaccine could be available as soon as in January. The first batches of its shots are expected to be available for emergency use by starting 2021, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, the company's head of public health research and development, said in a presentation at the World Health Summit.Bharti Airtel...