The OTSC issue stems from a government decision to charge telcos OTSC soon after SC cancelled 122 telecom permits in 2012, post2G scam, and...

The discussion comes at a time when the latest legal opinion sought by the DoT says it has the power to settle cases such as the OTSC out o...

The department is studying what bearing out-of-court settlements may have on these amounts it has already received from telecom companies.

Govt affidavit was a clear signal that the government intends to reduce litigation in the telecom sector as part of continuing efforts to i...

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) will be the most impacted by the OTSC case outcome. DoT has pegged Airtel’s OTSC dues at Rs 8,414 cror...

Cash-strapped Vi, under a debt of ₹1.9 lakh crore and with ₹920 crore cash balance at June end, received a lifeline recently when the gover...

The OTSC tussle began after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom permits in 2012 in connection with the 2G scam, declaring airwaves as p...

DoT has pegged Airtel’s OTSC dues at Rs 8,414 crore. Bharti Airtel recorded Rs 1,807.5 crore charge towards OTSC in 2019-20, with the balan...

The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a status quo on fresh demand or recoveries between the government and Vodafone Idea in the one-time spe...

If the ruling is in favour of the telcos, then it can reduce their liability by more than 60% of the Rs 25,000 crore amount being demanded ...

The order may have wider ramifications for the broader industry and implies that Reliance Communications may have to provide 2,000 cr.

The ruling is widely believed to have the potential to reduce the sector’s liability by more than 60% of the Rs 25,000 crore amount being d...

Bharti Airtel has to pay about Rs 12,000 cr, Tata Teleservice Rs 2,800 cr as various fees to get merger nod

TRAI said it has recommended that the entire process of granting licences and approvals be made paperless and executed through online porta...

The OTSC dues are towards payment of market-linked prices for excess spectrum held by a telco. Accordingly, DoT had asked RCom to furnish R...

India's No 2 and No 3 carriers, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, are merging their operations to create the country’s largest phone compan...

The Indian unit of Russia’s Sistema JSFC has argued that if the government does wish to levy the OTSC, then it should levy it from March 20...