Sources said a Cabinet meeting scheduled for Wednesday would discuss the telecom issue
In December 2018, regulator Sebi had permitted mutual funds to create segregated portfolios, or side-pocketing, with respect to debt and money market instruments
Ailing telecom player Vodafone Idea slipped over 11 per cent to Rs 2.91 apiece on the BSE after the Supreme Court dismissed its plea seeking relief from revocation of its bank guarantee
The social impact of this could be worse as 300 million subscribers may face the annoyance of network shutdown and churn
The stock was trading close to its all-time low price of Rs 2.61 touched on November 15, 2019.
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.
In a day of twists and turns, the government received Rs 14,697 crore from three companies out of the telecom sector's total dues linked to adjusted gross revenue estimated at Rs 1.47 trillion
Reliance Industries has said it is consolidating its media and distribution business spread including TV18 Broadcast, Hathway Cable & Datacom, DEN Networks into Network18
It also takes cognizance of recent losses suffered by the company in the quarter ended December
Vodafone Idea ended over half a per cent lower at Rs 3.42 after jumping around 19 per cent in the early trade
The Supreme Court had on Friday dismissed the petitions of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea seeking a staggered option to pay their AGR-related dues
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra declined to accept the proposal given by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Vodafone
The need of the hour could be to let Vodafone-Idea continue with the business providing them an extended rope to make the payments over a period of time, than to kill the "goose"
According to report, telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices are likely to make payment for the adjusted gross revenue dues today
Telco provides no clarity on amount, says assessment in next few days
Vodafone Idea said that the company's ability to continue as a going concern will depend on a favourable order on its modification plea filed before the apex court
Vodafone Idea said the continuation of business in India will depend on favourable order on its modification plea filed before the apex court
In 2007-8, Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appelate Tribunal had narrowed the scope of AGR. Following this, the then UPA government went into an appeal
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
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