"Through the notice, we will ask the company to share the entire amount, which needs to be paid as statutory dues for the December quarter ...

Vi was saddled with a net debt of around ₹2.2 lakh crore in the second quarter and ended it with a modest gross cash balance of ₹190 crore....

ICICI 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...

Coming soon after the back to back on-time payments to its non-convertible debenture (NCD) holders, the latest payment of statutory dues un...

Telcos should pay taxes on their profits as normal companies do, apart from bearing a small levy to pay for regulation.

A more innovative step would be for the government to convert, in part, at least, the debt the telcos owe it on account of spectrum fees in...

A critical step is a relook at the definition of AGR to exclude non-telecom items. This has been a longstanding battle between the governme...

The telcos have urged the FM to expedite steps to cut SUC to 3% of a telco’s adjusted gross revenue (AGR) and reduce licence fees to 3% of ...

The government officials has assured the industry that additional issues like request for dynamic IP addresses, additional backhaul spectru...

The government earns revenue in the form of mainly licence fees and spectrum usage charges (SUC) from telecom operators, which are computed...

Airtel and Vodafone Idea hold the majority of these liabilities, which the DoT has sought through a process started last week. For Airtel, ...

DoT officials admit that the government is unlikely to reduce the base prices of 5G spectrum for the next auctions, given regulator’s repea...

The suggestion of Telecom Commission will be placed before the Cabinet for final approval based on which rules for auction to be held in Ju...

In what could be a huge policy change in Indian telecom, the Telecom Department is considering changing the spectrum user charge regime fro...

Arvind Bali, CEO of Videocon Telecom has also demanded lower SUC regime for new players, which he said would ensure level playing field for...

COAI, which has members like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, have written to the government , asking for higher spectrum usage charge.

The COAI said the BWA spectrum was acquired under a ISP licence and the scope of licence was limited to data services.