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Bharti Airtel loss widens to Rs 15,933 crore in Q1; revenue up 15.4%

The firm, however, posted an over 2x jump in profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 372 crore for the quarter ended June (Q1) before exceptional items

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal seeks govt help for telecom sector

Mittal said the government should look at rationalising levies on the sector and "close long-standing legal disputes that are a big drag on the performance of operators"

Top headlines: Mumbai airport scam, Mittal on AGR dues and more

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Govt must close 'legal disputes' hurting telecom: Sunil Mittal on AGR dues

Bharti Airtel chairman says dispute over payments has caused 'significant distress' to the industry

25 years since the first mobile call: Roller-coaster ride for telecom

It's been through dizzying peaks, troughs, policy U-turns, court battles, brutal competition, and daily controversies

Missed call to free call: The 25-year journey of India's telecom industry

On July 31, 1995, mobile telephony began in India at Rs 16.80 a minute peak tariff. Now, most local voice calls are free, a market which has the largest subscriber base in the world after China

Spectrum auction: DoT circulates Cabinet note for comments, keeps 5G out

Says industry may not have the appetite for it because of AGR issue

Letter to BS: Slashing AGR licence fee for broadband is a welcome move

Work from home getting wi­der acceptance amid Covid-19 could be the right catalyst for in­creasing the wireline broadband penetration

Vodafone Idea tanks 9% as SC reserves order on AGR dues' payment timeline

Bharti Airtel, however, was trading flat at Rs 577 on the BSE as compared to 1.1 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex

Top Headlines: IndiGo to cut workforce, AGR case, DMart vs JioMart and more

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Centre likely to reduce AGR licence fee for wireless broadband to Re 1

Cabinet likely to take up the issue in its next meeting

AGR case: SC turns down telecom companies' demand for re-assessment of dues

Order on staggered payment timeline reserved

SC reserves verdict on time frame for staggered payment of telcos AGR dues

The Centre had earlier urged the top court that up to 20 years be given to telecom companies for the payment of dues in staggered manner

Vodafone Idea pays another Rs 1,000 crore to govt towards AGR dues

The company had earlier deposited Rs 6,854 crore in three tranches

Tata Sons plans to infuse more funds into Covid-hit group entities

According to a person in the know, group firms affected the most were the airline, hotel, housing, and financial services verticals.

Vodafone Idea defaults on rental, energy payments for June to tower firms

According to a senior executive of a telecom tower firm, Vodafone Idea cited payment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) to the government and the resultant cash flow problems for the default.

ARPU key to telcos' sustainability, should rise by 13-30% annually: Icra

The industry ARPU will have to rise to Rs 200 in the medium-term for viable operations, and so further tariff hikes cannot be ruled out, Icra said

Telecom companies need another round of tariff hike, say analysts

Any tariff hike is possible only if there is collective effort on the part of all telcos, says research firm Motilal Oswal

Despite a better Q4, higher debt, AGR case weigh on Vodafone Idea stock

Loss in subscriber count offsets gains on ARPU front in the March quarter