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Car, phonemakers may have to wait longer for chips, thanks to bitcoin

The shortage is creating havoc for mobile device manufacturers who are getting less than 30-40 per cent of the normal requirement of chips

Mercedes Benz sees sales rising 50% in H1 as second Covid-19 wave recedes

According to the CEO, last year the company saw a V-shaped recovery after the first lockdown was lifted

India to be global hub for manufacturing eSIMs with IDEMIA's help

French company plans to make Noida plant one of its largest production units

ICICI Venture eyes digital start-ups, real estate fund of $300-400 million

The leading private equity player is re-entering the start-up space after around two decades

Second Covid-19 wave: METRO Cash & Carry goes online for kiranas

Mediratta said e-commerce sales have gone up 10 times since they started in April 2020.

US semiconductor maker Applied Materials in talks with Indian govt

Company could help with government's desire to have a semiconductor industry.

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to telecom gear firms: Have 'atma vishwas'

Kant pointed out that the global supply chain is in a flux as most countries are looking at alternatives and reducing their dependence on one country

Private equity investors see big global, sovereign funds as main threat

Domestic PE players include funds like Multiples, Kedara, and so on, who, along with the global PEs, form the majority of the country's PE players

5G, made in India: What key domestic telecom equipment makers are doing

A clutch of domestic companies is developing equipment and software solutions for this upcoming next-gen telecom technology

Covid-19 pandemic: PEs pour $584 million into healthcare in 2021

Highest investment in the sector in last 5 years; pandemic expands opportunities

PLI scheme for telecom: DoT issues guidelines, caps expenditure on R&D

If a company invests Rs 100 crore, it can account for Rs 5 crore as technology transfer and Rs 15 crore as R&D expenditure.

Investors look to US office space, Indian warehouses amid Covid-19

Thanks to Covid disruptions, office and shopping mall rentals are no longer attractive

HFCL to participate in PLI for telecom, networking products manufacturing

HFCL supplies telecom equipment and fibre optics to most of the current Indian operators.

DTH player Dish TV likely to go for rights issue of Rs 1,000 crore

The promoters had offered a substantial portion of their equity as security for the credit facilities availed of by Essel Group

WhatsApp's legal tussle with govt helps Telegram get a signal booster

Telegram is now number one in downloads, having pushed WhatsApp to fourth position

Bharti Airtel, Jio call on the digital game, but it's a long haul yet

The big two telecom players have reorganised their digital businesses in readiness to monetise them.

Opinion divided on SPAC-tacular route for foreign listing of start-ups

The country's first big-ticket SPAC listing of ReNew Power is already underway, with investors being brought in, and is expected to be listed sometime in the early third quarter of this year

Global satellite communication companies get govt's signal booster

The new technology, based on low earth orbit satellites (LEO), which is being used by the two companies, can offer broadband speeds of over 5GBPS

Covid-19 crisis: Global tenders for vax a long shot, says SBI report

SBI says there are 15 vaccines approved for emergency use and a similar number in Phase 2 or 3 stage of development; another four are in the regulatory review stage.

ESRI in talks with govt for tech help in Covid-19 pandemic fight

The purpose is to see if the states and the Centre can use its technology to tackle the issues arising from the pandemic.