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Companies

Jio completes 10 years: Akash Ambani in heartfelt letter to employees says, ‘Whatever pride I feel today belongs to you’

Jio completes 10 years: Akash Ambani thanks employees, reflects on his personal journey and outlines the company’s plans for its next decade.

4 min read5 Sep 2026
Industry

Trai moves to stop 5G fast lanes from slowing other users

Draft quality-of-service rules would require operators to add capacity and remove overloaded cells from network slicing to protect service quality for all users.

5 min read5 Aug 2026
Companies

Airtel sees $3-4 billion annual capex, bets on post-paid to monetize 5G

Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has said rapid technology shifts will keep network spending elevated. The second-largest telco is betting on post-paid users and FWA to improve 5G monetization.

4 min read3 Aug 2026
Companies

'Tariff repair remains important': Airtel VC says as Sunil Mittal charts next big bets — financial services, data centre

Bharti Airtel aims to grow through financial services, data centres, and cloud, having invested over ₹3.3 lakh crore in digital infrastructure. It also reiterated its push for tariff repair. Here's why Airtel says India needs tariff repair and where the company is investing.

3 min read12 Jul 2026
Companies

Apple commits over $30 billion to Broadcom to produce billions more US chips

Apple has announced an expansion of its partnership with Broadcom, involving over $30 billion in investments. This agreement will facilitate the production of 15 billion US-made chips. Details here.

2 min read8 Jul 2026
Industry

Trai quizzes Airtel over ‘fast lane’ 5G plans amid net neutrality concerns

Trai has sought clarity from Airtel on its Priority Postpaid service as the telecom industry debates whether premium 5G lanes could disadvantage prepaid users.

3 min read28 May 2026
Companies

Jio’s 5G ‘faster lane’ service rollout hinges on policy clarity, demand

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd has clarified that it does not plan to introduce network slicing for routine mobile voice or data services at this stage.

4 min read26 Apr 2026
Companies

Reliance Jio Q4 preview: subscriber additions seen steady, tariff delay may cap growth

Delayed tariff hikes and fewer days in the March quarter may cap Arpu expansion, with growth driven largely by 5G usage and FWA additions

2 min read23 Apr 2026
Companies

Testing the waters? Why Airtel is raising the tariff of a high-value prepaid plan

The telecom major’s latest price tweak may be a calculated gamble to gauge subscriber ‘stickiness’ before broader, industry-wide hikes, experts told Mint.

3 min read20 Apr 2026
Technology

Indias 5G consumers will reach over a billion by 2030: Jyotiraditya M Scindia

Union Minister of Communications, Jyotiraditya M Scindia, stated that India will have more than a billion users of 5G by the year 2030. Speaking at AIMA's 11th National Leadership Conclave, the Minister highlighted that India became the second-largest mobile phone producer globally.

2 min read9 Apr 2026