TRAI recommends scrapping of DTH licence fee after FY27The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended that the government should abolish the licence fee for direct-to-home (DTH...
DoT clarifies: Telecom companies need to pay fee only on core activitiesThe latest clarification brings big relief to a debt-laden industry as carriers need to pay 8% of AGR as license fee, experts said. They es...
SUC in FYQ3 plunges over 42% vs FYQ2, Airtel outpaces Jio on AGR: Trai dataTrai has also included the applicable gross revenue (ApGR) numbers for the telecom sector in the December quarter performance report. This ...
Make digital infrastructure part of essential domponents in buildings, says TraiTrai also suggested that the MBBL include appropriate provisions for rating of buildings with digital connectivity just like it has for gre...
DoT's SUC mop-up down nearly 30% on-quarter in Q2FY23: TraiThe government’s licence fee collections, though, rose 1.6% on-quarter to Rs 4,921 crore in July-September, latest operator performance dat...
Trai seeks views on DTH licence fee, bank guaranteesThe regulator wants stakeholders to provide a clear, precise, and unambiguous format of exhaustive income heads forming part of gross reven...
Telcos' AGR to exclude landline revenue in SUC calculation: DoT"It is clarified that for calculating total SUC payable with the weighted average method, the actual AGR will be taken after excluding reve...
Trai revises telcos' revenue reporting format to reflect new definition of AGRJust over a year ago, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had revised the definition of adjusted gross revenue (AGR), and introduced...
Trai suggests all central Govt entities earmark spaces for digital infraTrai said that Department of Telecommunications (DoT) should issue advisory guidelines to states for mandating controlling administrative a...
Telcos' Q3 earnings may rise up to 1.5% on redefined AGRIIFL Securities estimates Jio, Airtel and Vi will garner an extra ₹100 crore, ₹90 crore and ₹60 crore of earnings before interest, tax, dep...
How AGR redefinition can impact telcos' financialsIIFL Securities estimates Jio, Airtel and Vi to garner an extra Rs 100 crore, Rs 90 crore and Rs 60 crore of earnings before interest, tax,...
DoT amends AGR definition to remove non-core itemsGains from forex fluctuations, insurance claims, capital gains on account of sale of fixed assets and securities, receipts from Universal S...
Non-core revenue to arrive at AGR to calculate licence fee: TraiTrai also proposed lowering of Universal Services Obligation (USO) levy to 3% from 5% on AGR, starting April 1, 2015.
Telecom regulator Trai recommends reducing USO levy to 3 per centTrai recommended that with effect from April 1, 2015, the component of USO levy should be reduced from the present 5% to 3% of AGR for all ...