Incremental SUC only on shared bands, says Trai, opposes DoTAs per executives in the telecom industry, the DoT had neither accepted nor rejected Trai’s recommendations of 2020, which underlined that ...
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...
Telcos' spectrum usage charge payments to plunge from July-Sep quarterICICI Securities estimates effective SUC rates (including on microwave spectrum) for Airtel, Jio and Vi would drop sharply from the pre-5G ...
Telcos may save Rs 5,400 crore in annual SUC paymentsICICI Securities estimates that the applicable SUC rates for Airtel, Vi and Jio would plunge to “0.4%, 0.4% and 0.3% of adjusted gross reve...
DoT scraps spectrum usage charge floor rate, relief to telcosThe 3% floor had been fixed by the DoT back in 2016 to protect government revenues as the SUC at that time had been lowered to encourage te...
Top telcos can save Rs 4,200-4,500 crore a year on SUC on 28 GHz buy: IIFLIIFL added that such robust annual SUC savings could potentially result in “EV (enterprise value) upsides of a whopping $3.5 billion, $3 bi...
SucSEED logs first closing of Rs 100 crore fundSucSEED said the second closing is targeted for February-March 2021, with a focus on corporate ventures, financial institutions, institutio...
TRAI recommends SUC be levied on only shared bands, not entire spectrum holdingThe telecom regulator has recommended that the incremental spectrum usage charge (SUC) of 0.5% levied on operators when they share airwaves...
Telecom Commission sets SUC at 3% of revenue; Reliance Jio, Aircel may have to pay moreIncumbent GSM operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, which pay a higher SUC, wanted a flat revenue share rate across all airwave band...
Trai proposes own weighted average formula to calculate SUC, says should move to a flat levyTrai has said that a flat spectrum usage charge (SUC) is the best option but proposed its own weighted average formula.
Trai to give view on spectrum usage charge this weekThe DoT had sought views of the attorney general on whether the govt could do away with charging different SUC rates for operators and adop...
Trai's view on spectrum usage charges this weekThe Cabinet last month approved spectrum auction rules except spectrum usage charges (SUC) recommended by the inter-ministerial panel Telec...
Telecom Commission sticks to 3% SUC rate"DoT to move Cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultation on spectrum auction in a week. All the spectrum bands will be auctioned simult...
GSM telcos want SUC at a flat 3% now, 1% eventually; say Jio differsIn a letter dated April 7 to Telecom Secretary JS Deepak and to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Chairman RS Sharma.
Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular remain weak as EGoM fixes SUC at 5%Shares of telecom companies continued to remain in the red after the EGoM announced that the companies will be charged SUC at 5%.
Videocon demands lower SUC rates for newer telcosArvind Bali, CEO of Videocon Telecom has also demanded lower SUC regime for new players, which he said would ensure level playing field for...
Implement uniform spectrum usage charge before auction: AssochamCellular Operators’ Association of India had told the government earlier this week that absence of flat SUC will discourage purchase of spe...