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* OVER PREVIOUS CLOSE 5.82% UP* 2.41% UP* 10.14% UP* 4.47% DOWN* 5.35% UP* > . IN BRIEF Xander to invest ~1,750 crore FlipkartVideoto take onAmazon,Netflix PEERZADAABRAR to video as well. Amazon had “ Video is offering a in newindustrial platform Bengaluru, 15 October launched its video platform, great platform for content creators Flipkartto set up Amazon Prime in December 2016, to engage with a customer base of unit forfood retail Xander Investment Management (XIM), the -owned e-commerce and has since built up a strong fan over 160 million people across private equity real estate arm of global major Flipkart is foraying into base with popular shows such as , through a unique story- Flipkart on Tuesday said it is setting investment firm The Xander Group (TXG), on offering original video content Made in Heaven, Mirzapur, and telling format,” said Guneet up a new local entity — Flipkart Tuesday launched an industrial real estate with the launch of Flipkart the recent Manoj Bajpayee-starrer Monga. “I am excited to be collab- Farmermart — that will focus on platform. It will invest $250 million (~1,750 Video Originals. The Family Man. orating with Flipkart to cater to food retail in India, as it looks to take crore) in logistics, warehousing, and Integrated within the Flipkart The first creator to join today's demand for short-form on arch-rival Amazon in the industrial assets in the key industrial Video platform, launched in Flipkart’s initiative is Academy content, at the convenience of segment. Flipkart is expected to corridors. With this, Xander joins the likes of CPPIB, Warburg August, Originals Award-winner Guneet Monga, mobile phones. It's great to wit- invest about ~2,000 crore initially in Pincus, Ascendas Singbridge, which have floated such ventures will be produced by well-known who has come on board as the offi- ness that Flipkart Video Originals the business and pump in more in the country. Sponsored by TXG, the platform has raised capital industry figures. Flipkart said it cial creator and curator of short is enabling filmmakers to share funds as required. PTI from European institutional investors that have been limited will produce “bespoke snackable stories for the platform. their stories,” said Monga. partners in XIM-sponsored opportunity funds. XIM Singapore content” that is both mobile-first In the months to come, Flipkart Sikaria of Flipkart said when will act as the investment advisor to the platform. The platform and interactive. will work with renowned industry the company unveiled Video plat- Venugopal named has acquired a portfolio of 2 million square feet incubated by “All the main players are pri- talent and production houses such form earlier this year, the aim was Xander for ~600 crore to seed the platform, it said. marily anchored around fictional as Studio Next, Frames and Sikhya to play a role in on-boarding new firm’s newCPTO RAGHAVENDRA KAMATH< content,” said Prakash Sikaria, Productions, to bring forth first- customers who are not necessari- vice-president, growth and mon- of-its-kind content across genres ly new to the internet but are new Flipkart on Tuesday said it is etisation at Flipkart, adding that and languages. to e-commerce. Within the first elevating Jeyandran Venugopal as Majority of delayed Maruti reports while other over-the-top (OTT) The first original series two months of the launch of chief product and technology officer platforms are focused on metro- Backbenchers hosted by Farah Flipkart Video, the firm said it was (CPTO). He will provide strategic units fall in upper ~154-cr investment politan centres, Flipkart would Khan goes live later this month overwhelmed with the positive leadership to the organisation and mid-segment: JLL in CSR initiatives look at Tier-II and –II cities. and will feature an array of India’s response it received from con- define the technology vision for the Delhi-NCR and Mumbai Maruti Suzuki India on and Prakash Sikaria, vice-president Sikaria said, “More than half most-loved celebrities, engaging sumers. “We saw an opportunity company with specific focus on account for 84 per cent of the Tuesday said it invested (growth and monetisation) at Flipkart, our content is from Tier-III towns.” in nostalgic banter, which will have to create great video content which building future capabilities across total delayed residential over ~154 crore towards its announce the launch of the firm’s first This take the Flipkart vs the audience coming back for is easier for people to consume and product and engineering, Flipkart projects across seven major CSR initiatives in 2018-19. non-fiction series Backbenchers Amazon fight beyond online retail more. is mobile-first,” said Sikaria. said in a statement. BS REPORTER cities in the country, and most The country's largest of the apartments fall in upper carmaker's corporate social mid-segment and premium responsibility (CSR) efforts categories, according to were focused on property consultant JLL. In its community development, Tariffatcurrentlevel research report, JLL has road safety and skill Refining margins may considered houses with price development. "The projects of up to ~75 lakh as are selected based on 'affordable' and 'mid- need-assessment and notsustainable,must segment' category for all cities stakeholder consultation. except Mumbai where the The firm's CSR efforts are pump up RIL earnings threshold has been kept at aligned with the sustai- behiked:AirtelCEO ~1 crore. PTI< nable development goals propagated by the United AMRITHA PILLAY

Nations, he added. PTI< Mumbai, 15 October MEGHA MANCHANDA CleverTap raises New Delhi, 15 October Trai’s IUC review will $35 mn from Tiger JSW Group promoter ith an improvement in punish telcos: Jio Global, Sequoia refining margins, Reliance Making a pitch for higher tariffs, Bharti repays ~1.2K-cr debt W Industries (RIL) is expect- Airtel Chief Executive Officer Gopal Vittal Terming Trai's review of call connect CleverTap said it has ed to report a strong quarter for the on Tuesday said the rates at current level charges ‘retrograde’, Reliance Jio completed $35-million series of two companies July-September period. Analysts were “unsustainable” and should go up. said the regulator's consultation C funding round. The round JSW Group promoter Sajjan expect refining to offset weakness On the interconnect usage charges paper is neither warranted nor sust- was led by existing investors Jindal has repaid ~1,200 crore in petrochemicals (petchem) and a (IUC), he said the industry was awaiting ainable and retention of such char- Tiger Global Management of loans raised by pledging lower tax rate benefit for the retail the outcome of the consultation paper ges will harm subscribers and punish and Sequoia India. This new shares of JSW Steel and JSW and telecom businesses. floated by the Telecom Regulatory efficient operators. Jio alleged any funding increases Energy, the conglomerate said RIL will report its financial per- Authority of India (Trai) on the subject. deferment of sunset clause for inter- CleverTap’s investment to $61 on Tuesday. Following the formance for the September 2019 “Over the past 20 years, the IUC has operator termination charges will million since the beginning repayment, pledged shares of quarter on Friday. (From right) Mukesh Ambani, chairman & managing director of been absorbed in the cost of business and end up rewarding ‘designed defau- of 2019 — a period that has both the companies have In a Bloomberg poll, 10 analysts Reliance Industries, with wife Nita and mother Kokilaben BLOOMBERG tariff is what it is and we feel that the tar- lters’, who have deliberately stayed seen the company’s been released by the lenders, estimated RIL’s consolidated net iff is unsustainable and should go up,” away from new technologies. PTI valuation more than double JSW Group said. The pledged profit at ~11,256 crore and nine ana- STRONG ESTIMATES Vittal said on the sidelines of the India from $150 million to shares of both companies lysts estimated revenue at ~1.5 tril- Mobile Congress 2019. Ericsson demonstrates $385 million. BS REPORTER< were worth ~2,500 crore. PTI< lion. Brokerages like Centrum see Q2FY19Q2FY20 estimated On plans to increase tariffs, he said: “I the highest-ever consolidated earn- Gross refining margins ($ per barrel) 9.59.5-10.5 will not speculate on our future plans”. India’s 1st 5G video call ings prospect for the company. In The debate on IUC started after Trai the September 2018 quarter, RIL Consolidated net profit (~ crore) 9,516 11,256 came out with a consultation paper on Ericsson, in collaboration with Singh brothers said ~1,000 cr reported a consolidated net profit of Source: Company results, Bloomberg estimates the IUC and sought stakeholders’ com- Qualcomm, on Tuesday ~9,516 crore. ments for extension of the levy. Earlier, the demonstrated the first live 5G siphoned off, EOW tells court RIL’s refining business is expect- ened, we believe RIL’s ability to same quarter a year ago. regulator had said the levy would be video call in the country on ed to make a comeback in the switch feedstock to gas for as much as Analysts with Bank of Baroda brought down to zero, from the current 6 mmWave. The demonstration was The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police told a court on September quarter, owing to higher 60-70 per cent of its requirement expect RIL’s retail earnings growth to paise per minute, from January 2020. done using a smartphone-based Tuesday Fortis Healthcare’s former promoters Malvinder Singh margins. Analysts have pegged esti- should limit the petchem margin witness slowdown, in line with Following the regulator’s consultation on the Snapdragon 855 Mobile and his brother, Shivinder, arrested for allegedly misappro- mated gross refining margins decline quarter-on-quarter (QoQ),” macro trends across India. The bro- paper, Reliance Jio announced transfer- Platform with Snapdragon X50 5G priating funds of Religare Finvest, have disclosed that an (GRMs) in the range of $9.5 per bar- said analysts with JPMorgan. They kerage estimated earnings before ring the IUC to its customers in the form Modem-RF System and Ericsson's amount of about ~1,000 crore has been transferred to various rel and $10.5 per barrel. This would added, “Retail should be another interest and tax at ~1,500 crore, a rise of a levy over and above the tariff, how- 5G platform including 5G NR persons from the entities linked to corporate loan book, which be a turnaround from the $8.1 per strong quarter, though year-on-year of 18 per cent YoY, but down 17 per ever, with a rider that the users would be radio, RAN Compute products and was then allegedly siphoned off. The submission was made barrel GRM reported in the June (YoY) growth rates should come off cent sequentially. compensated with data of the same 5G Evolved Packet Core. PTI before chief metropolitan magistrate, Deepak Sherawat, who quarter, which was the lowest since essentially on a higher base. We fore- In the post-results management amount. The company also said the IUC extended by two days the police custody of the Singh brothers October-December 2014. cast Reliance Jio’s earnings guidance, analysts will look for fur- levy would be removed if Trai decides to Meanwhile, on the spectrum auctions and Sunil Godhwani, the former chairman and managing “We expect September before interest, tax, depreci- ther update on the firm’s deleverag- bring it down to zero. front, Vittal reiterated that the reserve director of Religare Enterprises. All the three accused were quarter GRMs at $9.5 per bar- ation and amortisation at ing plans. At RIL’s annual general When current customers recharge or prices for both the 5G spectrum and 700 produced from police custody on Tuesday. PTI rel, up from $8.1 per barrel dur- ~5,010 crore, up 7 per cent meeting (AGM) in August, Group new customers join the Jio network from MHz were very high. But he declined to ing the June quarter, on the QoQ, driven by continued Chairman Mukesh Ambani annou- Thursday, October 10, they will have to comment when asked whether the com- back of higher key product EARNINGS strong subscriber growth.” nced plans to become zero net-debt top up with ~10 to ~100 to pay to talk to pany would participate in the bidding. margins of diesel, gasoline, PREVIEW The telecom and retail company in 18 months. At the same people on non-Jio networks. They will, “We have always said the price of 5G EssarSteel CoCdefends and jet fuel. The attack on business is also expected to AGM, Ambani also announced a pro- however, get an equivalent amount of free spectrum is very high because 5G needs a Saudi Aramco oil processing benefit from lower tax rates, posed investment by Saudi Aramco data — 1 GB to 10 GB. lot of spectrum — somewhere between 80 lowerpayout to StanC facilities pushed gasoline margins to according to analysts with Nomura. in RIL’s oil-to-chemicals division. This will help Jio save ~650 crore in the to 100 MHz for you to get a good experi- its highest level since 2018,” said ana- At the consolidated level, in the Analysts on Friday will look for coming quarter. It had paid ~851 crore to ence. The cost of 100 MHz of spectrum is The committee of creditors (CoC) of Essar Steel on Tuesday lysts with BNP Paribas in their note. Bloomberg poll, only one brokerage more details on this proposed deal Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Bharat Sanchar around ~50,000-55,000 crore. That is a defended the lower payout to Standard Chartered Bank Analysts expect refining strength to shared a pre-tax profit estimate for and a commentary on expectations Nigam (BSNL) in the last quarter. Trai in very high cost,” he told reporters. When (StanChart) despite it being a secured financial creditor, on the offset petchem weakness. RIL, which was at ~15,560 crore for with regard to the Indian Maritime 2017 had slashed the IUC to 6 paise per asked whether the base price of 700 MHz ground of its security being different and lower from other While the petchem segment is the September 2019 quarter. In a Organization (IMO) regulations. The minute from 14 paise and had said this spectrum, reduced by Trai, was still on lenders to the debt-laden steel maker. Challenging the NCLAT expected to be weak, other business- Kotak brokerage report, analysts new IMO regulations require ships to regime will end by January 2020. But, it the higher side, he said, “Not just 5G but decision allowing higher payout to operational creditors, the CoC es like retail and telecom are expect- pegged estimated profit before tax at use cleaner fuel starting January has now floated a consultation paper to the sub-gigahertz bands were also very told the Supreme Court that there had to be difference between ed to show steady results. “ While the ~14,918 crore for the September quar- 2020, which are expected to improve review whether the regime timeline needs high …the reserve price has come down a the money distributed as the creditors would continue to be petchem environment has weak- ter, compared to ~13,197 crore in the the refining prospects for RIL. to be extended. little bit but it is still very high.” working with the resolution applicant that takes over. The submissions came during the hearing on a bunch of pleas challenging the NCLAT nod to ArcelorMittal’s plan for Essar Steel, the higher payout to OCs and StanChart, as well as other petition by OCs challenging the amendments made to the Insolvency and ‘WewillsoonbeIndia’ssecond-largestgasproducer’ Bankruptcy Code. AASHISH ARYAN Vedanta arm Cairn Oil and Gas was the most aggressive bidder in the Open Acreage Licensing (OALP) inexistingfieldsinRajasthanforimproving kindsofhydrocarbonresourcesinafield.Your rounds, getting 55 blocks so far. AJAY DIXIT, chief executive officer, speaks to Shine Jacob on why the ourproduction.We wantto alsotrythisin firmisreportedlyhavinghugeshalereservesin company bid aggressively, and the road map for unconventional fuel. 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