Vodafone Idea and Airtel Dues Estimate Differ from DoT Because of These Reasons

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have faced a lot of obstacles in the past few months. Of course, some of them have come from the competition reigning in the industry, but mostly the cause of struggle for the two of the private telecom operators has been because of the AGR dues. As per the latest report from ET Telecom, the analysts have found the reason why the estimates charted out by the telecom companies, and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) differ from each other. While Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, pegged the dues to be paid at significantly lower, the DoT estimates were through the roof. According to the analysts, the stark contrast between the two estimates comes because of the IUC cost calculation and also duplication.

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Reasons for Contrasting Estimates for AGR Dues

As per the DoT, the total dues which are to be paid by Vodafone Idea have been estimated to be Rs 53,000 crore, whereas, for Bharti Airtel, these dues have been estimated to be Rs 37,700 crore counting the dues to be paid by Telenor as well. As opposed to this, the Bharti Airtel’s estimate of the dues to be paid stands at Rs 13,004 crore and that of Vodafone Idea stands at Rs 21,533 crore.

According to the analysts, the two telecom companies, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel were compelled to take a conservative stance, and this happened because the two companies did not get ample time to calculate their dues payable.