According to pre-Budget recommendations of telecom industry body COAI, whose members include Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio,...

“USO funds, I sincerely believe, should not be wasted on obsolete technologies, it should be on progressive technologies because rural Indi...

The Constitution of India provides that no money should be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund of India except under appropriation made by...

Comptroller and Auditor General has pulled up the Centre for "deficient" monitoring of expenditure as Utilisation Certificates were not obt...

CAG 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...

Trai also proposed lowering of Universal Services Obligation (USO) levy to 3% from 5% on AGR, starting April 1, 2015.

Trai 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 ...

GSMA India called for "urgent government attention” and felt that USOF levy should be reduced since country’s levies on telcos are among wo...

The 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...

A committee is considering Universal Services Obligation (USO) levy on private channels to fund broadcasting by Prasar Bharati.

DoT collected Rs 37,223.92 crore through USO Fund -- set up to promote rural telephone services among others.

The 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...

The government will soon invite bids from telecom firms to provide broadband services in rural areas of the country under which the service...

The government auditor CAG has pulled up the department of telecommunications (DoT) for not utilising funds of over Rs 18,000 crore collect...

BSNL will erect 19,000 towers in two phases to extend mobile phone connectivity to all villages in the country, the government said on Wedn...

Internet service providers (ISPs) such as Sify, Tulip and World Phone may soon have to subsidise the broadband connection in rural areas.

BSNL which has been mandated by the government to expand its mobile services to rural India as part of its social obligations.