Telcos to soon get bank guarantee waiver lettersThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is set to issue bank guarantee (BG) waiver letters to telecom operators, offering significant re...
21 Dec, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
Vodafone Idea a big winner as Cabinet okays bank guarantee waiver: What you need to knowThe Indian government waived bank guarantees for telecom spectrum payments due before 2022. This move provides significant relief to Vodafo...
26 Nov, 2024, 02.57 PM IST
Govt's Rs 16k cr dues conversion into 33 pc stake to be completed in coming weeks: VIL CEOAs on March 31, 2022, the total debt (including interest accrued but not due) of the group was Rs 1,97,878.2 crore.
12 May, 2022, 10.50 PM IST
No major announcement likely for telecom sector in Budget 2022The wish list so far includes the government bringing down licence fees from 3 per cent to 1 per cent and reducing spectrum usage charge (S...
28 Jan, 2022, 10.44 PM IST
Guidelines for telcos' dues conversion into equity likely in a month: OfficialUnder the telecom reforms package announced last year, three debt-ridden telcos -- Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL), Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) an...
13 Jan, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
Telcos won't become PSUs after conversion of debt into equity: GovtThe clarification by the govt came a day after Vodafone Idea informed the stock exchanges that it had opted to convert interest on AGR and ...
12 Jan, 2022, 09.20 PM IST
Airtel scraps corporate rejig plan“The seminal telecom sector reforms package announced by the government of India has significantly boosted the outlook and investor confide...
04 Jan, 2022, 10.31 PM IST
Airtel scraps corporate rejig planAttributing the decision to the recent telecom reforms which made the proposed changes redundant, the company said, “the seminal telecom se...
04 Jan, 2022, 06.20 PM IST
Telecom reform package infuses optimism, reduces risk to industry structure: Indus Towers CEOThe company continues to benefit from "insatiable" demand for data across telecom operators and geographies, Indus Towers Managing Director...
26 Oct, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Reforms 2.0 in works to create robust telecom companies, says Ashwini VaishnawWeighing in on a global debate, Vaishnaw said online platforms need to remunerate original creators and publishers of content "adequately" ...
30 Sep, 2021, 06.40 AM IST
DoT notifies easier processes for consumers; now get mobile SIM at doorsteps by using Aadhaar, Digilocker docsDepartment of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an order that enables customers to apply for a new mobile connection online and get the SIM d...
21 Sep, 2021, 09.23 PM IST
Telecom reforms package credit-positive for Airtel, Jio : Moody'sBharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal has said India’s second largest telco will opt for the four-year deferred option for AGR and spectrum p...
17 Sep, 2021, 02.13 PM IST
Will the new telecom relief package help the ailing industry? A former bureaucrat decodesThis package is expected to provide much-needed relief not just to the ailing telecom sector as a whole, but also to Vodafone Idea (Vi) ind...
16 Sep, 2021, 07.56 PM IST
Government announces major telecom reforms packageThe contentious definition of the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) has also been revamped with non-telecom revnue excluded from its purview. Th...
15 Sep, 2021, 06.03 PM IST
Any cash flow relief will significantly improve telcos' health: Analyst on telecom packageThe package is aimed at giving relief to companies, such as Vodafone Idea, that have to pay thousands of crores in unprovisioned past statu...
15 Sep, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Cabinet may consider relief package for telecom sector on WednesdayThe relief package under consideration includes telecom firms getting an option to convert interest on spectrum dues of the four-year morat...
14 Sep, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
Govt considering low interests, longer spectrum payment tenure: Telecom SecretaryThe telecom department is working on a plan to provide a two-year holiday from spectrum payments, a longer payment tenure and lower rates o...
17 Oct, 2019, 08.07 AM IST