At Gurgaon's Cyberhub, Starbucks had taken special permission to keep its outlet open till late night as consumers queued for the iPhone sale to begin.

In return, BSNL should be allotted 1.2 MHz in the 1800-MHz band in each circle, subject to some conditions.

The brand which has been endorsed by the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Padma Lakshmi will open the first outlet in New Delhi next April.

The Canadian smartphone maker is banking on its platform-agnostic security and software products to make incursions in the market.

For the next few years, the company would tap services in the areas of education, health and security, through partnerships.

A handful of online retailers have started offering alcoholic beverages through the e-commerce route since then. Letsbuydrink.com caters to Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Mumbai and offers imported alcoholic beverages for sale.

For 2100-MHz, 2300-MHz and 2500-MHz bands across circles; aim to offer these with 3G and 4G in February

It is betting on enterprise services and new launches to revive demand. But are the measures enough to steal a march on established players like Samsung and Micromax?

According to a 2013 CLSA report , online retail in India was worth $3.1 billion, or about 10% of the country's organised retail market

According to International Wine and Spirits Research, India's whisky consumption doubled between 2007 and 2012 to about 1.4 billion litres.

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter had 160 mn users but made less than Rs 100 cr in 2012-13

Indian telecom seems to be getting back on its feet.

BSE has brought in the new technology from Deutsche Bourse.

Govt likely to make security clearance mandatory for telcos irrespective of equity holding before giving licences; DoT members to meet today.

Telecom tower companies likely to invest around Rs 500 crore (Rs 50 billion) to enhance network.

Viom Networks is planning to raise arouns Rs 1500 crore (Rs 15 billion) and is likely to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), say sources.

For Uninor, it is more important to serve customers better in existing circles rather than going for pan-India operations.

Sources say companies will have to keep the market share of merged entities below 50% in all circles

Since August 2013, FIPB has approved two FDI proposals in the telecom sector.

The company has identified India as one of the two key markets in South Asia.