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Tag: Vodafone India
Mood coloured by near-term uncertainty
Hemant Maganlal Joshi, Technology, Media and Telecom Leader, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, feels that despite the near-term sluggish outlook for the telecom industry, innovation will help it come out of the woods.
SC asks Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,000 cr
The Supreme Court directed Vodafone India to deposit Rs.2,000 crore with the department of telecommunications, paving the way for the phone company to go ahead with a three-year-old process to merge six group units amid a plan to revive an initial public offering (IPO).
Vodafone India invests Rs.208 crore in Kerala operations
The company ramped up its network and distribution operations in Kerala by investing Rs 208 crore.
Vodafone invests Rs 480 cr
Vodafone India said that it has invested over Rs 480 crore to ramp up network and distribution in Uttar Pradesh (UP) East circle over the past 12 months. The company has expanded its network footprint by adding over 800 new 3G sites across UP East in the past 12 months.
Vodafone-as green steps
Vodafone India has moved 265 towers onto green technology in financial year 2012-13, taking their total number to 2,700, according to the company. As per the report, Vodafone had 2,435 of its sites on green technologies out of 1,10,004 total mobile towers that company directly manages.
Bharti Airtel to use solar energy for its towers
To cut operational costs of its network, Bharti Airtel plans to use environmentally-friendly energy sources to power its telecom towers in Africa.


