Bharti Airtel Wants Equal Treatment: Gopal Vittal

Bharti Airtel, the third-largest telecom operator in India, has requested for equal treatment from the government. On the earnings call of the company for Q3 FY26, Gopal Vittal, Executive Vice Chariman of  the company said that they have written a few letters to the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) for the same. The telco wants clarity on what’s happening on this front from the government. Now a new report has surfaced, and it is saying that Airtel doesn’t care about the moratorium of the dues. The telco has the money to pay the dues right now, if it wants to. However, if the dues of Vi (Vodafone Idea) are being reassessed, then Airtel wants a reassessment too.

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Airtel had also fought alongside Vi at the Supreme Court for a recomputation of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. On the earnings call, Gopal Vittal said, “We have written a few letters to the DoT, asking for clarification and basically requesting parity on the treatment of the AGR dues. We are yet to hear from the DoT. Once we hear from the DoT, we will then decide what our next steps are. So I think that’s all that we have on information on the AGR. These letters have already been sent and we are awaiting their response.”