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Airtel has denied reports that Amazon is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth $2 billion in it, saying no such proposal is under consideration.

Shares in Vodafone Idea jumped as much as 33% on Friday after the Financial Times reported that Google may take a stake of about 5% in the telecom operator. FT said the process is at a "very early stage".

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Airtel on Friday said it will deposit ₹10,000 crore in Supreme Court-ordered dues with the Department of Telecommunications by February 20 and the balance by next date of hearing on March 17.

A pan-India protest call has been given by the clutch of organisations against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The epicentre of the protests are Delhi and Mumbai.

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Vodafone is now charging for calls made outside of its mobile network, which is a big shift from the company’s stance earlier that all calls will remain free for its users.

Hours after Vodafone Idea said it would increase prices, Airtel made similar statement. The company said that prices of its phone services will go up from December.

This came on the same day that another telco, Bharti Airtel, posted its highest ever loss of Rs 23,045 crore during the second quarter.

The board of Bharti Infratel has extended the deadline to complete the merger with Indus Towers by 60 days to December 24, but said that dilution of shares by existing holders will be lesser than earlier announced, thus also lowering the cash to be paid to Vodafone Idea on the telco’s possible exit from the merged entity.

Airtel has shut down its 3G services in the Haryana circle and will use the spectrum to improve its 4G LTE services. Customers are required to upgrade to the 4G network with a new SIM card.