The Cellular Operators Association of India announced that it will host the Mobile World Congress with the support of India's Department of Telecom and the Ministry of Electronics and IT from September 27 to 30 this year. It will be a 3-day event at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, and...
India Participates in Hyperloop One's Global Challenge
Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One's chief executive officer Rob Lloyd, senior vice-president global field operations Nick Earle, and executive chairman and co-founder Shervin Pishevar were in New Delhi end February to showcase their 'Vision for India' to mark their official launch in the country. The event convened India's five semifinalist teams from...
Airtel to Buy Telenor India
New Delhi headquartered telecom service provider Bharti Airtel will acquire Telenor’s India operations in a no-cash deal. However, it will take on the latter’s spectrum liabilities toward the government amounting to nearly $240 million, (Rs 1,600 crore) payable in installments till 2026. The Airtel-Telenor deal is subject to regulatory approvals,...
India Bypasses Global Tendering To Replace 44,000 Guns
The Manohar Parrikar-led Ministry of Defense in India will buy its requirement of close quarter battle carbines directly instead of going through the conventional route of floating global tenders for them. “With repeated failure to procure it through the global tendering process, the ministry has to go for direct government-to-government sale...
Ash Carter: U.S. and India Destined to be Strategic Partners
CNN Politics reports that outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter was in Delhi in the second week of December in a last bid to boost relations with an ally that could prove crucial to U.S.-India defense relations. En route to New Delhi, Carter told reporters, "India and the United States...
Bell Delivers its 407GXP Helicopter in India
Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., delivered the first Bell 407GXP in India to Premair, an air charter management company, and a New Delhi-based unit of Afimac Associates Pvt. Ltd. The aircraft is outfitted for corporate and VIP transport. "We are pleased with the prompt customer support from Bell...