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Telecom lobby meets Sitharaman, seeks help in meeting SC-ordered dues

Telecom companies owe the government Rs 92,642 crore in unpaid licence fee, and another Rs 55,054 crore in outstanding spectrum usage charges.

GoM formed to fast-track Rs 69,000 cr revival plan for BSNL, MTNL: Sources

The GoM includes Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, among others

No cut in spectrum price as govt okays airwave auction by April 2020

DCC has decided to offer a two-year moratorium on payment for the airwaves

Trai's IUC extension might benefit Jio; limited gains for Voda Idea, Airtel

Incumbent operators fought a public battle against Reliance Jio for the extension of the regime

Letter to BS: Telecom operators should settle their price war themselves

The Trai has all along maintained that floor prices are not desirable

Under NDCP, TRAI seeks industry's views on unbundled licensing regime

The move came after the Telecom Department sought the regulator's recommendation on the issue

Airtel fixes security flaw in mobile app after data breach scare

The flaw existed in the application programming interface (API) of the Airtel smartphone app

Vodafone Idea will have to shut shop if no govt relief comes: K M Birla

The comment comes within weeks of Vodafone Global CEO Nick Read making a similar point

After the tariff hike

Telecom sector is still far from the desired stability

Telecom tariff hike: Users will find more value in minimum recharge plans

Analysts have also revised ARPU estimates

Tariff hike will boost govt revenue, telcos' financial health, says COAI

The letter further said both domestic and international banks are unwilling to provide any form of liquidity to the TSPs given the poor financial prospects of the operators

After $13-bn AGR hit, future of India's tattered telecom hinges on govt aid

Vodafone Idea this month booked a $7 billion quarterly loss, the biggest in Indian corporate history, in large part due to provisions for payments owed

DCC may discuss proposal to conduct spectrum auction in December meeting

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Jio had urged the government to reduce the price, following which the matter went to the regulator for a review.

Govt panel constituted to look at relief package for telcos disbanded

In October, the government had constituted a CoS, headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, to explore a financial bailout package for the telecom sector

DoT hasn't referred fixing telecom tariffs' floor price to Trai: Report

The source also indicated that the telecom department will not intervene in recent announcement by telecom operators to raise tariffs.

Explained: Is mobile tariff hike by Airtel, Vodafone Idea justified?

Telcos have reduced their tariffs so much that they earn only Rs 75 per user per month, nationally

Non-telcos have more to worry about AGR bill, may owe upto Rs 2.27 trillion

Payouts related to AGR by non-telcos to far exceed demand made on telecom operators, including those that have either shut down or sold off

Breather for telcos: 2-year moratorium on payment of spectrum dues

This comes soon after all three private telecom operators announced they were raising mobile phone tariff

BSNL-MTNL merger to be completed in 18-24 months, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

While in the case of MTNL, 13,532 employees have opted for the VRS scheme so far

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