The Repo Rate Hike: Inflation Gave the Cover, the Rupee Gave the Reason

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SumanSpeaks Independent Capital Markets & Geopolitical Intelligence RBI Policy Decoded The Repo Rate Hike: Inflation Gave the Cover, the Rupee Gave the Reason The RBI raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 percent on 7 October 2026. With the rupee at ₹96.78 to the dollar, the Fed at 3.75–4.00 percent and bank credit growing near 18 percent, the fuller story is bigger than August CPI of 4.8 percent. The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 percent on 7 October 2026. It is the first hike since February 2023, and the stance has moved from neutral to calibrated tightening. The rate decision was unanimous. The Governor cited inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee said the inflation outlook is no longer as comfortable as it was last year, and near-term rate cuts were taken off the table. That is the official story, and it is not wrong. But it is incomplete. Look at what surrounds the decision: a rupee near its record...
Tulip Telecom Ltd
CMP: Rs.36.90
T--Rs.44
Tulip Telecom Ltd (BSE Code: 532691) is India's leading Enterprise Data Service provider. The company's data network has the largest reach of over 2000 locations globally. The company has a global presence with over 5,000 employees and more than 2500 customers. Tulip designs, implements, and manages communication networks of large enterprise on long term contracts to include enterprise communications connectivity, network integration, managed Services and Data Centers.
Very recently, the data center provider Tulip Telecom and TaraSpan, a provider of India market entry strategies for Canadian technology companies, launched cloud-based managed unified communication services to over 2000 cities in India. These services include cloud and premise-based unified communications and collaboration solutions from Mitel Networks (Mitel). Cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) enables enterprises and SMBs to leverage business communications services including IP telephony, audio and video conferencing, mobility and unified messaging on a per-user, per-month subscription basis. Tulip’s customers can now select from a range of service with freedom to modify subscriptions options on a monthly basis.  According to the management this will leverage Mitel’s cloud based UC platform and TaraSpan’s operational excellence in India, to bring a future ready product for fast growing enterprises and the cost sensitive Indian SMB market. Tulip’s carrier-grade UCaaS service, Mitel’s cloud-based unified communications platform and TaraSpan’s operational support will be delivering business agility. This solution enables Indian enterprises to empower office-based and mobile workers with the ability to communicate, collaborate and enhance customer responsiveness.
Moreover, the open, standards-based solution allows subscribers to use the device of their choice including IP phones, Smartphones (iPhone, Android, Blackberry), tablets or soft phones and even allows the migration of a live call from their desk phones to mobile phones and vice versa.
This joint venture between TaraSpan and Tulip is expected to give much satisfation to those customers who are looking to embrace the next generation of communication technology.
The company is expected to declare Q2FY13 results at the end of this month. 

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