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The Centre is working on a relief plan for Vi, including a longer AGR payment schedule, but remains firm on not raising its equity stake beyond 49 per cent due to viability and cash flow concerns

Telco seeks waiver of over ₹30,000 crore of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues towards penalties and interest as Supreme Court hearing is expected on 19 May

Shares of Bharti Airtel are quoting higher for the eighth straight trading day, having rallied 11 per cent during the period, and taking the company's market capitalisation to over Rs 9.5 trillion.

Technical charts suggest a divergent trend for the three key telecom stocks - Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea.

However, the Vodafone Idea stock is not a 'buy' yet as BofA awaits further clarity on funding position improvement post fiscal 2025- 26 (FY26) as the spectrum moratorium ends

Amid reports of buying UK-based Vodafone Group's 21 per cent stake in Indus Towers, Airtel affirmed that it is not in any such talks

IIFL Securities has also upgraded Indus Towers stock to 'Buy' with a target of Rs 379, and has raised Bharti Airtel stock's target price to Rs 1,379

Bharti Hexacon's IPO is the country's largest since Mankind Pharma Ltd. raised Rs 4,330 crore a year ago

For all prepaid customers, Airtel has reduced the price of its existing unlimited data pack plans from Rs. 49 to Rs. 29

According to reports, the debt-ridden telecom operator plans to clear about Rs 2,400 crore of dues to the government by September

Bharti Airtel Q1 preview: On average, analysts expect Bharti Airtel's consolidated net profit to rise around 60 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 2,676 crore in Q1FY24

The market leader, Reliance Jio has not announced the increments and bonuses so far

Indian telecom providers are introducing international roaming packages for postpaid customers with competitive prices as Vodafone Idea reports financial troubles

Stocks to watch today: Mankind Pharma has confirmed that the Income Tax Department conducted a search at some of the premises/ plants related to the Company and some of its subsidiaries

Goldman Sachs said Vi would need a sharp capital raise or a tariff increase to remain competitive. It is the only telco which has not yet given a timeline to launch its 5G services

New Vi Max postpaid plan offers users more data and SMSes per month, apart from travel discounts, airport lounge access, and priority customer service; comes into effect on Wednesday

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As part of the package, there could be some relaxation on payment of levies to the government including a one-year moratorium on spectrum installment due in April 2022.

The favourable industry structure of two players is a good enough kicker for an eventual hike in tariff as well as superior digital play in the medium to long term, an analyst said

India Ratings believes increasing data usage and rising proportion of higher ARPU data customers in the overall subscriber mix hint that even without tariff hikes, the sector is structurally strong