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  • Abhijit Kishore named Vodafone Idea’s new chief executive

    Abhijit Kishore named Vodafone Idea’s new chief executive

    MUMBAI: Vodafone Idea has appointed Abhijit Kishore as its new chief executive officer. A long-time company insider, Kishore has spent more than five years in senior roles at the struggling carrier, including chief operating officer and chief enterprise business officer.

    Before joining Vodafone Idea, he held leadership positions at Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications, steering mobility, enterprise and circle operations across key markets. Over two decades in telecoms, Kishore has managed P&Ls from Kerala to Gujarat, notching up operational turnarounds and enterprise growth.

    An alumnus of Delhi University and the Fore School of Management, he has sharpened his management credentials with stints at IIM Ahmedabad and London Business School. His appointment comes as Vodafone Idea wrestles with heavy debt, a bruising price war and the need to raise capital for 5G roll-out.

  • Kumaramangalam Birla in conversation with Shereen Bhan on ‘Power Turks III’ only on CNBC-TV18

    Kumaramangalam Birla in conversation with Shereen Bhan on ‘Power Turks III’ only on CNBC-TV18

    Friday, August 11, 2006 at 7 pm
    Repeat telecast on Sunday, August 13, at 1 pm and 9.30 pm

    Power Turks III is a free-flowing show where established professionals of India Inc meet for a t?te-?-t?te with Shereen Bhan. The first episode of Power Turks in its third season takes a look at the life of Kumaramangalam Birla, among the richest person in India and the eighth youngest billionaire outside India according to the Fortune magazine.

    Kumaramangalam Birla , son of Aditya Birla, was just 28 years-old when his father died. A holder of an MBA from London Business School, Kumaramangalam was compelled to be the chairman of the $4.5 billion group.

    Kumaramangalam Birla now heads the Aditya Birla Group, the world number one in viscose staple fibre; the world’s largest single-location palm oil producer and Asia’s largest integrated aluminium producer; a globally competitive, fast-growing copper producer, the number two private sector insurance company and the fourth-largest asset management company in India and the world’s eighth-largest producer of cement and the largest in a single geography;

    The group employs about 72,000 people, has some 800,000 shareholders and aggregate revenue of US$ 7.9 billion as of this year. Aditya Birla Group has operations in 18 countries across four continents.

    Watch Kumaramangalam Birla share aspects of his life not just limited to the corporate world with Shereen Bhan only on CNBC-TV18. The show brings to light his motivations and the environment that the super achiever – Kumaramangalam Birla – functions in.

    Catch the sometimes reclusive and often inspiring Kumaramangalam Birla as he talks about his work, his life and his dreams on Power Turks II only on CNBC-TV18.

    Kumaramangalam Birla in conversation with Shereen Bhan on ‘Power Turks III’ only on CNBC-TV18
    Friday, August 11, 2006 at 7 pm
    Repeat telecast on Sunday, August 13, at 1 pm and 9.30 pm

  • 47 per cent UK viewers oppose licence fee hike; report

    47 per cent UK viewers oppose licence fee hike; report

    MUMBAI: A BBC-commissioned report into public attitudes to the licence fee showed 47 per cent of the 2,000 adults questioned said they opposed the principle of the licence fee being increased to help those who could not afford to upgrade to digital TV.

    The UK government is due to cease analogue transmission by 2012, when all homes should be able to receive digital output. The proposed terms of the new BBC charter being issued later this year hand the corporation new responsibilities for assisting in this process.

    The findings are part of an independent report commissioned by BBC governors. The research indicate that most viewers – if forced – would pay more than they do now for their annual licence. However, they would only be happy to do so if the extra revenue was spent on relevant services, and the standard of the BBC’s output did not deterioriate.

    The reserach has been undertaken as part of a consultation process over the future of the funding for the corporation, and asked Professor Patrick Barwise of London Business School to gauge licence fee payers’ opinions.

    According to BBC News, the fee – £131.50 for each household – generated nearly £3 billion of revenue for the corporation in 2004-2005.

    The reaction to a rise in the licence fee of £150 by the middle of the next decade – for which the BBC has asked the government – was that the number of people willing to pay for existing services would fall from between 75 and 80 per cent today to nearer 65 to 70 per cent. However, if it proceeded with the proposal, “it won’t be the straw that breaks the licence fee’s back”, Professor Barwise noted.

    The survey also suggests the public is broadly in favour of most of the new interactive services being planned by the BBC. These include a media player offering a chance to catch-up with an entire week of programming, which 80 per cent of respondents agreed was interesting and 76 per cent said they would be likely to use.