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Drill oil but dial telecom

Inclusion of non-telecom income in the overall calculation means the higher the oil price, the bigger the AGR share of the government

RCom creditors meet on Monday, may vote on Jio bid for Rs 4,700 cr assets

The CoC will also put to a vote asset bids received from UV Asset Reconstruction Company

Not just telcos, even customers are struggling with poor signals

Consumer rants about bad mobile networks are nothing new but the whole thing can assume new significance in these volatile times

Who gains if Voda-Idea fails

Jio, which is not burdened with legacy network and user base, may find it easier to increase its capacity to accommodate Voda-Idea subscribers faster

What are AGR dues and how it threatens Vodafone-Idea's very existence

Shares of Vodafone Idea jumped 48 per cent to Rs 4.49 on the BSE on Wednesday on the back of heavy volumes on report that the government is unlikely to invoke bank guarantees for now

Telcos expect ARPU to more than double by 2021; steep hike in bills likely

Clearly with the financial stress of telcos getting aggravated with the large imposts that they have to fork out due to the AGR order immediately, much of the bill will have be passed on to customers.

HUL, Jio team up for a branded play as focus shifts to rural consumers

A slowing economy pushes the two to come together to develop a joint engagement platform for rural consumers

Without Voda Idea, Vodafone Group will become smaller than Airtel and Jio

Based on Statista data for 2019, Vodafone has 17.2 million subscribers in the UK, 29.5 million in Germany, and over 13.7 million in Spain

Tata Sons to take Rs 74,000 cr hit on group's foray into telecom biz

Holding firm to pick up Rs 14,000 cr AGR tab of Tata Tele, which only has Rs 200 cr of cash surplus as on Dec 2019

AGR order: Why Jio is set to gain more than Airtel as Voda faces collapse

Vodafone has 304 million subscribers of which 45 per cent are data subscribers

AGR case: DoT officer who faced SC's wrath issued order after senior's nod

He had issued an order saying no coercive action should be taken to recover Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues from telecom firms after expiry of the deadline set by the apex court

AGR order: After SC rap, DoT asks telcos to clear dues by midnight

The DoT, which faced the ire of the Supreme Court for putting on hold recovery of dues from telecom companies, started issuing circle or zone-wise demand notices to firms, an order seen by PTI said

Not approached by any telco to finance AGR dues, says SBI chairman

The payments to be made by the companies include Rs 53,000 crore by Vodafone Idea, Rs 35,500 crore by Bharti Airtel and Rs 14,000 crore by the now defunct Tata Teleservices

AGR-hit Vodafone Idea postpones Q3 conference call with analysts

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the top echelons of telecom firms to explain why contempt action should not be taken against them for non-compliance of its AGR order

CCI rejects complaint of unfair biz practices against Jio, other telcos

The order came on a complaint filed by Canada-based Teleclub (Alberta Ltd), which is an international telecom carrier

I-T dept reverses stance on NCLAT's proposed demerger order of Reliance Jio

Seeks law min opinion on course of action

Budget 2020 has not accounted for telcos' AGR dues: DEA secretary

But receipts from firms stand at a whopping Rs 1.33 trillion for FY21

Burdened with AGR dues, telcos rue absence of relief measures in Budget

The telecom industry had been pinning its hopes on the Union Budget to offer some breather on licence fee and spectrum usage levies

Macquarie downgrades RIL to 'underperform', says will buy around Rs 1,200

It cautioned that its fundamental bear case is nearly 35 per cent below current price and it would assign at least a 30 per cent weight to each of the risk factors.

Are Airtel's 'prepaid' insurance plans as good as standalone policies?

Earlier this month, the telecom company introduced a Rs 279 prepaid plan, with Rs 4 lakh insurance cover from HDFC Life