In 2015, RCom said, DoT had raised a demand for OTSC when it liberalised the administratively allocated spectrum
RCom, which is reeling under debt of around Rs 450 billion, had closed its mobile services business in January this year and continues to provide business-to-business (B2B) telecom services
The settlement will enable asset monetisation of Rs 80 billion as soon as the company exits the debt resolution process under NCLT
The stock moved higher by upto 19% to Rs 15.95 in noon deal, bouncing back 24% from its early morning low on the BSE.
The stock surged 56.9% to Rs 16.55 on the BSE on Thursday after the media report suggested that RCom and Ericsson inform NCLT in Mumbai that they are in settlement talks.
Shares of RCom, as the company is known, dropped as much as 9.7 percent on Wednesday in Mumbai, while its 2020 dollar bonds plummeted the most in more than seven months
While neither Jio nor RCom had divulged the size of the deal, sources have pegged the transaction value at Rs 180 billion
The loss-making firm has stopped voice call services and is continuing operations of its business-to-business division
Trai seeks to initiate suitable punitive action if RCom fails to comply with its directives
The total outstanding loans of RCom Group, as on September 30, 2017 were about Rs 400 52 billion
The loss-making and debt-ridden RCom closed mobile calling service on its network from December 1 in about half of the country and rest from December 29
Reliance Jio has been one of the key bidders and has shown interest in both fibre (they are one of the main bulk users) as well as spectrum
Other ADAG stocks including Reliance Capital (up 6%), Reliance Power (up 6%) and Reliance Infrastructure (up 5%) also gained on the news
Reliance Communications's assets put on the block are in telecom and real estate
CDB had earlier filed a petition opposing RCom-Aircel merger in May this year. The Chinese lender withdrew its petition later
The lenders have named Indian law firm J. Sagar Associates as their legal counsel to oppose the CDB petition
RCom got to this point after years of ballooning borrowing and over-spending finally caught up with it
China Development Bank has moved the National Corporate Law Tribunal against the telco after it defaulted on $1.78-billion loan
RCom said that the company has not been served any notice of the application filed by China Development Bank with NCLT, as reported in the media.
The stock surged 14.10 per cent to Rs 13.75 on BSE