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Bharti Infratel's Q4 consolidated net profit rises 6.89% to Rs 649.50 cr

Consolidated revenue of the company increased 0.7 per cent YoY to Rs 3,624 crore during the quarter under review

Vodafone-Idea parent makes $200 mn advance payment amid coronavirus crisis

The payment was due in September 2020 under the terms of the contingent liability mechanism with Vodafone Idea

Facebook's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance Jio: All you need to know

With this investment, Facebook will own 9.9 per cent stake in Jio Platforms. This would be Facebook's biggest minority shareholding ever

Coronavirus outbreak: Analysts cautious on sectors with high debt

Analysts say investors could steer clear of stocks in the sectors that have high debt and high impact on revenues because of the Covid-19 pandemic

How telecom sector is coping with a 10% data demand spike amid Covid-19

Data demand sees a 10% surge as people step up work from home over Covid-19, Here's how telecoms are responding to the demand and encouraging more people to work from home

Telecom duopoly will be bad for economy

A hike in tariffs is guaranteed. But it would not necessarily lead to higher ARPU

Book review: B K Syngal's riveting memoir of a tumultuous era in telecom

Brijendra K Syngal, who is approaching the ninth decade of his life, reminds you that telecom policy was just as tumultuous years ago as it is now.

Telcos' self-assessment of AGR dues may at least take 6 months: Report

The government, last week, had asked Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and other telecom companies to pay remaining AGR dues as per the Supreme Court order without further delay.

India's 'self-goal' in telecom

And urgent steps to avert a cascading crisis

Floor price ain't good maths

It's avoided by regulators in developed countries as it is considered anti-competitive and anti-consumer

AGR: Digital Communications Commission may meet on Friday to discuss relief

Among the options likely to be deliberated tomorrow is allowing staggered payments for statutory dues for telecom industry

Unease of doing business

The battle between the government and the telecom companies over how their adjusted gross revenues (AGR) should be calculated has gone on for several years.

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

Govt takes a call to save telecom firms, but no relaxation likely on AGR

The Union government is of the view that there can be a debate on the quantum of payment and penalty but not on the fact that the companies have to make the payments

AGR dues: Three rating agencies downgrade Vodafone Idea in two days

According to official sources, VIL paid Rs 1,000 crore to the Department of Telecom on Thursday

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

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-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

Budget a lost opportunity to revive growth: UTI AMC's Vetri Subramaniam

'Markets and the economy are never utter perfect equilibrium.'

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