April 28th, 2022 8:24 AM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Sector Revenues for the Government Increases 89% in FY22

While the Indian government announced relief measures for the telcos in FY22, it also benefited from the free cash flow that Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio were generating. The government’s revenue from the telecom sector jumped 89% to Rs 85,640 crore in FY22. This largely happened because of the pre-payments of deferred spectrum liabilities from Jio and Airtel. Compared to this, in FY21, the government’s revenue receipts showed an income... Read More

November 12th, 2021 9:24 AM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Wants to Defer Rs 6,000 Crore Payment to DoT

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has made a written request to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for deferring license fees (LF) and spectrum usage charges (SUC) for the second, third, and fourth quarters for this fiscal year. The total dues for the telco regarding the same would come around Rs 6,000 crore. According to an ET Telecom report, the telco said that it wouldn’t be able to pay the concerned dues on... Read More

July 10th, 2020 3:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telcos Urge Trai to Charge SUC on Shared Spectrum Bands

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio, have urged the telecom regulator Trai that additional spectrum usage charge (SUC) of 0.5 % must only be applicable in shared spectrum bands rather than the entire spectrum band. Not only this, but the telcos have asked Trai to consider the necessity of SUC charge as the airwaves are purchased in auction by paying market prices. As reported by ET Telecom,... Read More

April 22nd, 2020 4:03 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Clears Rs 1,367 Crore Towards Spectrum Usage and License Fees

Vodafone Idea earlier asked the government to provide extra time to clear its quarterly AGR dues. Recently, to lower the financial burden, Vodafone Idea has cleared Rs 1,376 crore towards license fees and spectrum usage charges for the January to March quarter. Telco rivals Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio already cleared their quarterly dues which were not rooted to the case pending in the supreme court between government and telcos... Read More

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