The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio to inform the government by October 29 whether they would opt for the four-year moratorium on adjusted gross revenue- (AGR-) related dues, which is part of the relief package approved last month. Further, three months have been given to service providers … Read more
Telecom Department (TD) has asked Airtel to pay Rs 1,050 crore and Vodafone Idea (VIL) Rs 2,000 crore within 3 weeks. Key points to note – Penalties are being imposed on the Companies for allegedly breaking licence terms by denying Reliance Jio Infocomm their networks in 2016. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had … Read more
On September 28, 2021, there was a media report that Promoters may invest Rs 10,000 crore in Vodafone Idea (VIL). The report quoted the source of information to be the government (Department of Telecommunication). However, on September 29, 2021, the Company denied that there is any such proposal under consideration by the board. Key points … Read more
Govt has just announced the much needed relief for the telecom sector. Click here for the key announcements Telecom industry in general has been very appreciative of the announced measures. Sunil Bharti Mittal of Airtel in his usual style has been more expressive than the competition and has taken the opportunity to call for truce … Read more
Cash strapped Indian telecom sector was looking at the govt for long and govt abides… The much anticipated reforms are announced. Broadly they provide deferment of the immediate regulatory payments and a cleaner future process to operate. Key points – 4 year moratorium on all spectrum and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. However, interest would … Read more
The government’s four-year breather to telecom companies from paying spectrum and adjusted gross revenue (AGR) has fired up the telecom stocks at the bourses in the past two trading sessions. While most brokerages have given a thumbs up to the development and suggest the provisions give some breathing space to Vodafone Idea (VI) – at … Read more
Vodafone Idea can raise funds through equity sale or promoters can infuse capital which can be used for clearing dues, non-profit entity Telecom Watchdog said in a letter to telecom minister while demanding rejection of the debt-ridden company’s request seeking more time to pay dues of Rs 8,292 crore. Vodafone Idea (Vi) has approached … Read more
The Department of Telecom on Tuesday approved applications of telecom companies — Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and MTNL — for conducting 5G trials but none of them will be using technologies of Chinese entities. The list of telecom gear makers approved for trials include Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, C-DOT and Reliance Jio’s indigenously developed technologies. … Read more
The government is likely to amend the telecom licence norms this month to incorporate the guidelines of national security directive on telecommunication sector that will help in controlling installation of network equipment from China and other non-friendly countries. Under the provisions of this directive, the government will declare a list of trusted sources and trusted … Read more