Telecom
Ofcom asks consumers to report nuisance calls
26 May 2014
Telmarketers take to WhatsApp to beat Trai curbs
24 May 2014
RCom closes up on Citic Telecom deal report
23 May 2014
Vivendi to sell 5.8% stake in Activision Blizzard for $866 mn
22 May 2014
French mass media company Vivendi SA today said that it will sell around half of its remaining stake in US video game publisher Activision Blizzard, as part of its plan of transforming itself into a pure-play media company
Bharti Airtel unveils 4G LTE in Ludhiana
22 May 2014
Tata Communications to sell SA arm Neotel to Vodacom for $676 mn
19 May 2014
Neotel, South Africa’s second-biggest fixed-line phone operator, is 68.5 per cent owned by Tata Comm
AT&T to buy US satellite-television provider DirecTV for $48.5 bn
19 May 2014
A successful deal would combine AT&T, the second-largest wireless carrier and the largest satellite television company in the US, exceeding the deal size of Comcast's $45-billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable
London manufacturer OwnFone introduces first Braille phone
19 May 2014
The phone can be personalised with two or four Braille buttons, pre-programmed to call friends, family, carers or the emergency services
BBM to expand presence to Windows phones
16 May 2014
FCC to move ahead with rules for open internet
16 May 2014
The US telecom regulator has voted to prohibit high-speed internet service providers from blocking or discriminating against smaller broadband users
GSM operators add 4.97 million users in April
15 May 2014
AT&T in advanced talks to buy DirecTV in over $50-bn deal
13 May 2014
The two companies are in talks on a transaction, which would involve a mix of cash and AT&T stock totaling to $92 to $94 a share
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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