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Union Budget: Telcos bat for cut in levies, want LTGs to contribute to Digital Bharat Nidhi FundThe telecom industry seeks abolition of levies and extending the carry forward of business losses to 16 years. It also suggests large traff...- Reduction of licence fees not on the table, DoT tells TelcosThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is not considering any reduction in licence fees of telecom operators, rejecting repeated demand...
- Telcos seek regulation of OTT services, cut in licence fee & USO levyMost industry associations, including the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI), Assocham, and Internet and Mobile Association of...
- Telcos seek refund of Rs 35,000 crore input tax credit, GST waiver on licence fee, SUCAccording to pre-Budget recommendations of telecom industry body COAI, whose members include Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio,...
- Rs 50k-crore USO funds must not be wasted on old tech: Reliance Jio“USO funds, I sincerely believe, should not be wasted on obsolete technologies, it should be on progressive technologies because rural Indi...
- CAG pulls up FinMin on interest on refunds without Parliament nodThe Constitution of India provides that no money should be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund of India except under appropriation made by...
- CAG pulls up Centre for "deficient" monitoring of expenditureComptroller and Auditor General has pulled up the Centre for "deficient" monitoring of expenditure as Utilisation Certificates were not obt...
- Rs 33,682.86 crore diverted from USO fund to other puposes: CAGCAG has flagged diversion of Rs 33,682.86 crore from the USO fund, which was set up to provide basic telephone services in rural areas, for...
- 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 ...
- Telecom industry demands cut in USOF levyGSMA India called for "urgent government attention” and felt that USOF levy should be reduced since country’s levies on telcos are among wo...
- MTS India bats for USO fund levy reduction, single tax structureThe government should consider the reduction in USO fund levy from a current present 5% to 1% in a phased manner and implement a single tax...
- Government mulls USO fund for Prasar BharatiA committee is considering Universal Services Obligation (USO) levy on private channels to fund broadcasting by Prasar Bharati.
- 'DoT got over Rs 37,000 crore via USO Fund in 2002-03 to 2010-11'DoT collected Rs 37,223.92 crore through USO Fund -- set up to promote rural telephone services among others.
- Government may subsidize mobile bills in rural areasThe planning commission has also suggested that all rural customers who take up a mobile connection be given a one-time subsidy of Rs 250 f...
- DoT to provide subsidy for Broadband in 60,000 villagesThe government will soon invite bids from telecom firms to provide broadband services in rural areas of the country under which the service...
- CAG raps DoT for idling Rs 18K cr rural telephony fundThe government auditor CAG has pulled up the department of telecommunications (DoT) for not utilising funds of over Rs 18,000 crore collect...
- 19,000 mobile towers soon to connect all villagesBSNL will erect 19,000 towers in two phases to extend mobile phone connectivity to all villages in the country, the government said on Wedn...
- Govt may bring ISPs under USL netInternet service providers (ISPs) such as Sify, Tulip and World Phone may soon have to subsidise the broadband connection in rural areas.
- BSNL asks Trai for breakBSNL which has been mandated by the government to expand its mobile services to rural India as part of its social obligations.
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