After Airtel and Vodafone Idea RailTel Files Petition in SC For Review of AGR Dues

After the other telecom companies, namely, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel have reached out to the Supreme Court to seek relief from the AGR dues by filing review petition for the AGR order passed on October 24, another company has made a similar move. However, this is not a telecom operator that we are talking about. But, in this case, it is the PSU, RailTel which has reached out to the Supreme Court and asked it to reconsider the order which it passed on October 24. As per a new ET report on the matter, RailTel has reached out to the Supreme Court saying that the order that it passed on October 24 regarding the definition of the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) only pertains to access service providers. These access service providers include telecom companies like Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel and do not include all license holders for internet services and National Long Distance (NLD) providers.

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RailTel Reaches Out to Supreme Court

RailTel in its petition remarked, “It is submitted that the applicant is an internet service provider and national long-distance service provider where the definition of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) is different and does not include the words ‘any other miscellaneous revenue’ which is otherwise defined in clause 19 of the license agreement of access service.” The PSU said that the internet service provider (ISPs) and the other non-telecom companies have been clubbed with the access service providers after the October 24 order on AGR. Adding onto its words, RailTel said that the company should be brought out of the purview of the judgement as it does not hold telecom license. The company that is associated with the Indian Railways only holds ISP and NLD licenses.