Cable and broadband
Time Warner shareholders approve $85.4-bn merger with AT&T
16 Feb 2017
The blockbuster deal will transform Dallas-based AT&T into a phone and television behemoth with prominent media assets such as CNN, HBO, TBS, Cartoon Network and the Warner Bros studio in Burbank
Nokia unveils next-gen fibre access solutions
16 Feb 2017
CM Fadnavis launches 500 Wi-Fi hotspots across Mumbai
09 Jan 2017
Announcing the roll-out of the first phase of MumbaiWiFi in a tweet, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Phadnavis described it as the largest public Wi-Fi service across India and, perhaps, globally
AT&T confirms $85.4-bn acquisition of Time Warner
24 Oct 2016
US telecom giant AT&T Inc on Saturday confirmed speculations that it had struck a mega deal to buy Time Warner Inc for $85.4 billion in cash and stock, in what could be the year's biggest deal
AT&T to announce acquisition of Time Warner for $85 billion: report
22 Oct 2016
A deal, which would be the biggest in the world this year, would give the telecom company control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets
Jio is disruptive, but a viable investment model: Mukesh Ambani
18 Oct 2016
Mukesh Ambani says being a disruptive venture, Jio had troubles with the regulator and the incumbents
Trai moots public Wi-Fi hotspots to cut data costs by up to 90%
14 Jul 2016
Trai estimates the cost per MB in Wi-Fi network to be less than 2 paise per MB while consumers on an average pay around 23 paise per MB for data usage in the cellular networks
Google’s underwater internet cable activated
30 Jun 2016
Microsoft, Facebook join hands for cross-Atlantic cable
27 May 2016
The Marea subsea cable will help meet the growing customer demand for high speed, reliable connections for cloud and online services for Microsoft, Facebook and their customers, the companies said
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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.
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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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