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Rivals turn the heat on Sunil Mittal's stand on satellite spectrum

Mittal had said, with Airtel setting up only two ground stations for uplinking in rural areas, the requirement for spectrum was minimal and different from terrestrial mobile services

In a breather to telcos, DoT may lighten debt burden by relaxing timelines

The effort would be to firm up measures so that the telecom sector does not go down any further, an official said

Banks, RIL lift Sensex 397 pts; broader indices underperform

ICICI Bank (up 2.7 per cent), HDFC, Axis Bank, Sun Pharma, and NTPC were the top gainers on the frontline S&P BSE Sensex

Stocks to watch: Mindtree, Vodafone Idea, RIL, IDBI Bank, Shilpa Medicare

Mindtree, Tata Metaliks, Deccan Health Care, Shree Ganesh Remedies and WS Industries are among eight companies that will release quarterly earnings today

Second Covid wave: April sees sharp fall in new telecom users, says Trai

State governments had imposed lockdowns to curb the spread of the pathogen in April - a move that derailed economic activity.

Jio tops subscriber race in April, Vodafone Idea user base erodes

Bharti Airtel added over 5.17 lakh users during the month under review, taking its subscriber base to over 35.29 crore

Pricing spectrum

Airwaves for satellite-based services should be allocated judiciously

Best of BS Opinion: The culture of the beard, India's arbitrariness & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

A tough call for Voda Idea: Will it survive the test of time, competition?

With competitive pressures ruling out a tariff hike and relief on dues unlikely, the debt-ridden telecom service provider's options for survival are narrowing

Telecom Watchdog wants govt to reject Vi plea for deferring payments

Vodafone Idea can raise funds through equity sale or promoters can infuse capital Telecom Watchdog said while demanding rejection of company's request seeking more time to pay dues of Rs 8,292 crore.

Vodafone Idea's demand for AGR payment relaxation unjustified, says group

No government support or intervention in the matter of tariffs should be considered, says Telecom Watchdog.

In talks for fund raise; floor price 'best' fix for pricing issues: VIL

Cash-strapped VIL on Friday said it is in active talks with potential investors for fundraising

Debt-laden Vodafone Idea breaches the loan covenants with lenders

Lenders want telco to put more skin in the game

Low tariffs key hurdle in raising fresh funds, says Vodafone Idea

Vodafone-Idea has been looking to raise around Rs 25,000 crore for the last nine months

Airtel, Voda Idea, BSNL and MTNL's debt zooms to Rs 3.85 trillion in FY21

Their debt-to-equity ratio shot up to 6.83 times from 2.3 times at the end of March 2020

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Confident that funding will take place in coming weeks: Vodafone Idea CEO

VIL had reported narrowing of consolidated loss to about Rs 7,023 crore for the quarter ended March 2021, mainly on the strength of cost optimisation.

Uncertainty on AGR, spectrum payments weighs on Vodafone Idea: Analysts

Without fundraising, the company may not be able to meet its payment obligations over the next 12 months

Voda Idea seeks 1-year moratorium on Rs 8,200 cr spectrum instalment

Vi has appro­ached the government to seek one-year mor­a­torium on payment of spectrum instalment of over Rs 8,200 crore, due in April 2022

Vodafone Idea's auditors raise doubts over its 'going concern' status

In its notes to the financial results for FY21 and the fourth quarter of last fiscal, the company said that the group has incurred losses of Rs 44,233.1 crore for the year ended March 31