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Airtel likely to be biggest 5G spectrum buyer in June 6 sale: AnalystsBharti Airtel is expected to increase its sub-GHz airwave holdings in the 900 MHz band across multiple circles in the upcoming spectrum auc...
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 ...
DoT nod soon for Vodafone Idea's payment planThe company had submitted the plan after the government asked it to provide a tentative date for making the payment as the telco is believe...
'Vodafone Idea paid only 10-30% of licence fee, SUC for 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....
Telcos debt to rise, but Jio, Airtel unlikely to face strain due to strong balance sheet: AnalystsVi and Airtel’s net debt stood at Rs 1.96 lakh crore and Rs 1.6 lakh crore respectively in the quarter ended March, FY22, while Jio’s net d...
Vi writes to telecom department, wants to defer payment of Q2-Q4 duesThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is yet to take a call on the written request, especially after all the relief measures that have...
On telecom, think big and act boldTelcos should pay taxes on their profits as normal companies do, apart from bearing a small levy to pay for regulation.
Sound thinking on telecom sectorA 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...
Government considering long-term measures to boost health of stressed telecom sectorA critical step is a relook at the definition of AGR to exclude non-telecom items. This has been a longstanding battle between the governme...
Telcos seek soft loans, levy cuts to ease stressThe 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 ...
Telcos urge DoT to address financial stressThe government officials has assured the industry that additional issues like request for dynamic IP addresses, additional backhaul spectru...
Government considering stress fund for distressed telcosPushed by all 3 telcos, Trai started a consultation process on the need to set a floor for tariffs.
Govt sees 125% jump in FY21 revenue mop-up from telecom, driven by AGR collections, spectrum saleThe government earns revenue in the form of mainly licence fees and spectrum usage charges (SUC) from telecom operators, which are computed...
Clear revenue share dues as per Supreme Court order: DoT to telecom operatorsThe DoT has issued notice to telcos to pay their revenue share dues within three months as directed by the SC.
DoT may cut upfront payment for spectrum auction, usage chargesDoT officials admit that the government is unlikely to reduce the base prices of 5G spectrum for the next auctions, given regulator’s repea...
DoT to ask Airtel, TTSL to pay over Rs 15,000 croreBharti Airtel has to pay about Rs 12,000 cr, Tata Teleservice Rs 2,800 cr as various fees to get merger nod
DoT seeks industry view on licensing structure overhaulTelecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan has indicated that the draft New Telecom Policy 2018 will be unveiled by December for comments from st...
Inter-ministerial group may favour more time to telcos for spectrum paymentCarriers have been asking that the government should intervene in time to protect the industry from imploding from a rising debt burden pre...
Department of Telecommunications mulls changing spectrum user chargesIn what could be a huge policy change in Indian telecom, the Telecom Department is considering changing the spectrum user charge regime fro...
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...