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Airtel Satellite Telecom Services Ready for Rollout, Awaiting Centre's Go Ahead: Rajan Bharti Mittal
Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, has said that its satellite telecom service is ready for rollout in India. Reiterating Bharti Airtel's stance, he said satellite companies should be required to pay licensing fees and acquire spectrum through auctions, just as traditional telecom operators do.
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Bharti Airtel Pays $1 Billion to Partly Clear 2016 Spectrum Dues
Airtel has partly settled its outstanding spectrum fees from a 2016 auction. This is the first payment the country's second-largest telecom operator is making for the phone spectrum it acquired for $2.13 billion (roughly Rs. 17,852 crore) in 2016.
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COAI Seeks Reduction in Licence Fee to 1 Percent, Waiver in Customs Duty for 5G Network Equipment
Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI)has urged the government for rationalisation of GST, reduce of licence fee to 1 percent from 3 percent and sought a waiver of customs duty on network equipment for the 5G rollout. During the pre-Budget discussions, the telecom operators' body also sought the removal of GST on the licence fee, spectrum ...
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Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says 5G Auction Process On Track
Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that things are moving "as per schedule" on 5G
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Airtel Urges Government To Keep 5G Spectrum Allotment Fees Low
Telecom service operator Airtel on Thursday urged the government not to charge high fees for allotting 5G spectrum
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Bank Guarantees Worth Rs 9,200 Crore Returned To Airtel, Vodafone, Jio
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has released bank guarantees of around Rs 9,200 crore of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio deposited for licence fee and spectrum usage charges
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Telecom Stocks Gain As Government Willing To Reconsider Spectrum Charges
One-time spectrum fees are charges that operators have to pay for holding radiowaves beyond a prescribed limit.
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Outlook On Vodafone Idea Critical, Says Parent Company
Vodafone Idea needs to pay over Rs 53,000 crore as licence fee, spectrum usage charge, interest and penalty dues to the telecom department.
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Need Lower Licence Fee, Spectrum Usage Charges: Telecom Industry's Budget Wish-List
Companies have long argued that AGR should comprise just revenue accrued from core services, while the government says it should include all revenue.
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Bharti Airtel Gains, Vodafone Idea Nosedives After Supreme Court Rejects AGR Review Plea
It may be recollected that the telecom department claimed dues of around Rs 92,000 crore as license fee and Rs 41,000 crore as spectrum usage fee from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Communications (RCom). According to the telecom department, Bharti Airtel owed around Rs 23,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Rs 19,823.71 crore and Reliance Communic...
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Tariff Hike, Relief on Spectrum Fee Payment Won’t Offset Impact of Supreme Court Ruling: Fitch Ratings
Fitch has a negative outlook on the telecom sector for 2020 primarily due to heightened financial risk associated with the large unpaid AGR-related dues.
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Telcos Have to Pay AGR Dues, No Consideration for Waiver: Government
Indian telecom operators owe the government nearly Rs. 1.47 lakh crores in licence fee (LF) and spectrum usage charges (SUC) and there is no consideration for a waiver, the Communications Ministry told Parliament on Wednesday.
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Rs 45,000-Crore Relief For Vodafone, Airtel As Government Defers Dues
The proposal was recommended by a panel of senior bureaucrats under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help wireless carriers the government estimates owe more than $20 billion in license fees and spectrum charges. The relief will be worth as much as Rs 45,000 crore ($6.3 billion) and the panel will continue to discuss other measures to help the indus...
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In Major Relief For Telcos, Government Defers Spectrum Payments
The government on Wednesday offered relief to the country's stressed out telecom sector, which was under huge pressure to pay spectrum dues. At a meeting today, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the plan to defer spectrum payment - to the tune of Rs 1.47 lakh crore - till 2022.
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Supreme Court Allows Centre To Recover Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore From Telecom Companies
The Department of Telecom claimed dues of around Rs 92,000 crore as license fee and Rs 41,000 crore as spectrum usage fee from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Communications.
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Airtel Satellite Telecom Services Ready for Rollout, Awaiting Centre's Go Ahead: Rajan Bharti Mittal
Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, has said that its satellite telecom service is ready for rollout in India. Reiterating Bharti Airtel's stance, he said satellite companies should be required to pay licensing fees and acquire spectrum through auctions, just as traditional telecom operators do.
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Bharti Airtel Pays $1 Billion to Partly Clear 2016 Spectrum Dues
Airtel has partly settled its outstanding spectrum fees from a 2016 auction. This is the first payment the country's second-largest telecom operator is making for the phone spectrum it acquired for $2.13 billion (roughly Rs. 17,852 crore) in 2016.
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COAI Seeks Reduction in Licence Fee to 1 Percent, Waiver in Customs Duty for 5G Network Equipment
Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI)has urged the government for rationalisation of GST, reduce of licence fee to 1 percent from 3 percent and sought a waiver of customs duty on network equipment for the 5G rollout. During the pre-Budget discussions, the telecom operators' body also sought the removal of GST on the licence fee, spectrum ...
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Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says 5G Auction Process On Track
Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that things are moving "as per schedule" on 5G
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Airtel Urges Government To Keep 5G Spectrum Allotment Fees Low
Telecom service operator Airtel on Thursday urged the government not to charge high fees for allotting 5G spectrum
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Bank Guarantees Worth Rs 9,200 Crore Returned To Airtel, Vodafone, Jio
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has released bank guarantees of around Rs 9,200 crore of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio deposited for licence fee and spectrum usage charges
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Telecom Stocks Gain As Government Willing To Reconsider Spectrum Charges
One-time spectrum fees are charges that operators have to pay for holding radiowaves beyond a prescribed limit.
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Outlook On Vodafone Idea Critical, Says Parent Company
Vodafone Idea needs to pay over Rs 53,000 crore as licence fee, spectrum usage charge, interest and penalty dues to the telecom department.
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Need Lower Licence Fee, Spectrum Usage Charges: Telecom Industry's Budget Wish-List
Companies have long argued that AGR should comprise just revenue accrued from core services, while the government says it should include all revenue.
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Bharti Airtel Gains, Vodafone Idea Nosedives After Supreme Court Rejects AGR Review Plea
It may be recollected that the telecom department claimed dues of around Rs 92,000 crore as license fee and Rs 41,000 crore as spectrum usage fee from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Communications (RCom). According to the telecom department, Bharti Airtel owed around Rs 23,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Rs 19,823.71 crore and Reliance Communic...
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Tariff Hike, Relief on Spectrum Fee Payment Won’t Offset Impact of Supreme Court Ruling: Fitch Ratings
Fitch has a negative outlook on the telecom sector for 2020 primarily due to heightened financial risk associated with the large unpaid AGR-related dues.
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Telcos Have to Pay AGR Dues, No Consideration for Waiver: Government
Indian telecom operators owe the government nearly Rs. 1.47 lakh crores in licence fee (LF) and spectrum usage charges (SUC) and there is no consideration for a waiver, the Communications Ministry told Parliament on Wednesday.
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Rs 45,000-Crore Relief For Vodafone, Airtel As Government Defers Dues
The proposal was recommended by a panel of senior bureaucrats under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help wireless carriers the government estimates owe more than $20 billion in license fees and spectrum charges. The relief will be worth as much as Rs 45,000 crore ($6.3 billion) and the panel will continue to discuss other measures to help the indus...
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In Major Relief For Telcos, Government Defers Spectrum Payments
The government on Wednesday offered relief to the country's stressed out telecom sector, which was under huge pressure to pay spectrum dues. At a meeting today, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the plan to defer spectrum payment - to the tune of Rs 1.47 lakh crore - till 2022.
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Supreme Court Allows Centre To Recover Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore From Telecom Companies
The Department of Telecom claimed dues of around Rs 92,000 crore as license fee and Rs 41,000 crore as spectrum usage fee from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Communications.
