No telecom cartel in India

Telecom giant Vodafone's initial public offering in India is highly unlikely this year, Vodafone India's Chief Executive Marten Pieters said on Tuesday. He also said that the company will wait for clarity on rules around spectrum pricing and permits ...

Marten Pieters, Managing Director & CEO, Vodafone India commented:The industry growth was negatively impacted this year by the new acquisition and processing fee regulations; however customer base growth and improved usage has led to a strong exit.

CEO and MD Marten Pieters said today the formula should be 1.3 times and not two times the price of 1800 mhz spectrum price. He also made it clear that though Vodafone does not agree with the process where 900 mhz spectrum would be taken away from ...

Marten Pieters, CEO, Vodafone India, said on Tuesday he was uncomfortable bidding for 2G licences at the reserve price fixed by the government. Instead of the reserve prices fixed on the basis of the bids received in the 3G auction in 2010, Pieters ...

pricing disastrous for refiners Sensex snaps 4-day rally, down 62 points on profit selling Sensex at 1-week low;slides 112 points as rate sensitive scrips fall RBI says next series of IIBs could be linked to CPI, too Bank mergers could lead to too-big-to-fail ...

Vodafone India CEO Marten Pieters says, in an interview to CNBC-TV18, that the government's decision to allow as many participants as possible into the telecom sector was imprudent.

Vodafone India MD & CEO Marten Pieters however, hinted that investments in India might not continue if the Vodafone Group did not get returns from its investments.

Marten Pieters Vodafone India says it has no plan for launch of fourth-generation (4G) services soon. It's too early for 4G in India. The market is not ready and it will take some time to get the ecosystem ready," Marten Pieters, managing director ...

The service was launched in Kolkata by Marten Pieters, MD & CEO, Vodafone India Ltd, Rajiv Sabharwal, Executive Director, ICICI Bank. M-Pesa, which is being launched initially in the eastern parts of the country, effectively leverages the combined ...