COAI says it’s a 'bit disappointed' with Budget“... we are a bit disappointed that concerns of the telecom sector, which is the backbone of digital India, remained unaddressed,” said Cel...
01 Feb, 2021, 08.49 PM IST
Telcos seek lower levies, taxes in upcoming Budget“In this challenging time, the industry also faces major upcoming expenses on infrastructure upgradation like spectrum auction, 5G introduc...
20 Jan, 2021, 09.06 PM IST
GST relief to Airtel: Govt moves Supreme Court against High Court's orderThe Sunil Mittal-led carrier had pleaded that it had paid an excess amount of Rs 923 crore as tax since the GSTR-2A form was not operationa...
08 Jul, 2020, 08.28 PM IST
COVID-19 crisis: COAI urges government for cut in levies, seeks relief measuresIn a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) also made a plea for refund of the ...
28 Jun, 2020, 05.06 PM IST
AGR woes: Funds from Voda, Infratel-Indus merger may aid VIL's upfront payment, say analystsThe Supreme Court had said that private telecom companies including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea must come out with a "reasonable paymen...
19 Jun, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
Government can’t slap GST on license fee: Companies drag taxman to courtCompanies have filed a writ petition in the Goa bench of the Mumbai HC and are challenging that the government can't charge indirect tax fo...
05 Mar, 2020, 02.51 PM IST
Telecom companies won’t get input tax credit refund: Sushil ModiDemand for Rs 36,000 crore relief not considered, says convener of the GoM on Integrated GST. Telecom service providers have been urging th...
30 Dec, 2019, 06.43 AM IST
Solution for licence fee, spectrum usage charge issue may lie outside budgetThe telecom industry had sought “strategic intervention to enhance financial viability” of the sector .
28 Dec, 2019, 03.43 PM IST
DoT to take up Rs 36,000 crore ITC refund with finance ministryAs proposed by Committee of Secretaries, GST Council to take final call. Input tax credit worth some Rs 18,000 crore for Reliance Jio, abou...
22 Nov, 2019, 08.47 AM IST
Secretary panel likely to seek licence fee cut, two year freeze on spectrum duesA panel would look at the issue of AGR dues after telcos approached the Supreme Court for relief.
13 Nov, 2019, 09.15 AM IST
Department of Telecommunications reaches out to FinMin for sectoral relief packageThe DoT, he said, has written to the FinMin, seeking a reduction in the goods and services tax (GST) on telecom gear and services from 18% ...
19 Jul, 2019, 06.49 AM IST
Budget 2019: Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad seeks relief package for telecom sectorHe has also sought a cut in GST rate from 18% to 12%, which can help lower the monthly mobile bill of consumers.
03 Jul, 2019, 01.26 PM IST
Government unlikely to offer telcos relief packageGovt was planning a comprehensive relief package. But telcos failed to find any common ground.
07 Dec, 2018, 12.48 PM IST
Trai to initiate consultation on spectrum issues, valuation methodology in 2019Other issues that will be taken up by the regulator next year include fiberisation, redesigning of Universal Service Obligation Fund.
28 Nov, 2018, 02.56 PM IST
Telecom companies want GST on spectrum, licence fees scrapped or refund of input creditsCOAI plans to write to the DoT to explain how their burden will ease if payment of regulatory levies by telcos is exempted from GST, people...
28 Nov, 2018, 07.18 AM IST
COAI says debt restructuring, cut in levies must to alleviate telecom stressThe comments assume significance given that hectic parleys continue between the government and industry over liquidity concerns in telecom ...
22 Nov, 2018, 07.27 PM IST
JioPhone: Operators may seek clarity on GST for bundled 4G handsetsAlthough Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have not subsidised handsets so far, they could offer 'a scheme similar to what is being ...
24 Jul, 2017, 06.21 AM IST