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As the Supreme Court barred any change in the definition of AGR retrospectively, the government has decided to exclude non-telecom revenues from the definition of AGR in future. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Telecom relief package comes in nick of time

The most prominent decision taken by the Cabinet is a moratorium on the spectrum and AGR payments up to four years from October 2021

17 Sep 2021 3:15 AM

COAI to approach states for opening retail recharge points to facilitate feature phone users. (PTI Photo)

COAI asks states for opening retail recharge points

Telecom operators approached sector regulator TRAI seeking time till April 20 to submit data on recharge pattern of prepaid users

17 Apr 2020 3:44 PM

The Supreme Court made it clear that there would no further litigation on the issue and it would fix a time frame for calculation and payment of dues by the telecom companies.

SC allows Centre's plea to recover adjusted gross revenue of Rs 92k cr from telecos

A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, upheld the definition of adjusted gross revenue formulated by the Department of Telecom.

24 Oct 2019 2:24 PM

"FY20 can witness the benefits of higher data usage, and a relatively more consolidated and stable industry structure resulting in some pricing discipline," Icra's sector head and vice president Harsh Jagnani said. (Representative Image)

Telecom companies' revenue to decline for third consecutive year: Report

Overall debt for the sector will come down to Rs 4.3 trillion in end FY20 from Rs 4.75 trillion expected in March 2019, report said.

26 Mar 2019 1:20 PM

In 2017-2018, the industry's AGR declined by 18.62 per cent to Rs 1,30,844.9 crore from Rs 1,60,787.9 crore.

Govt revenue from telecom companies slips 22 pc in 2017-18

The government's revenue from licence fee declined 18.12 per cent to Rs 10,670.6 crore in 2017-18

05 Jan 2019 12:23 PM

Giving details of financial disincentives imposed by TRAI on non-complaint provider against prescribed benchmarks for drop call rate.

Penalty of Rs 58 lakh on telecom service providers for call drop

During the March quarter, Rs 3 lakh penalty was imposed on BSNL, Rs 10.5 lakh on Idea, Rs 22.5 lakh on Tata and Rs 6 lakh on Telenor.

04 Jan 2019 5:10 PM

Committees set up to address telcos' concerns: Telecom Secretary

The telecom secretary said that most of the issues were expected to be resolved in a year.

31 Oct 2018 11:12 AM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Banks, telcos could be allowed to use Aadhaar, says Jaitley

Supreme Court declared constitutional the government's extraordinary attempt to give every resident a biometric ID.

06 Oct 2018 2:35 PM

Supreme Court, last week, struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, which allowed private companies to use the 12-digit biometric ID-based eKYC. (Photo:Representational/AFP)

UIDAI asks telcos to submit plan to discontinue Aadhaar-based eKYC

Private companies like telecom operators will not be able to use this instantaneous and inexpensive Aadhaar eKYC route.

01 Oct 2018 2:52 PM

Profit-before-tax for the telecom service sector companies has decreased from Rs (-) 1,699 crore for the financial year 2015-16 to Rs (-)38,153 crore.

Telcos' pre-tax losses widen to Rs 38,153 crore in 2016-17

Also, 24 out of 50 companies reported losses before tax during 2016-17

28 Mar 2018 5:59 PM

As of end of September 2017, total subscribers stood at 1,207.04 million, out of which 501.99 million connections were in the rural areas and 705.05 million in the urban areas.

Telcos under stress due to debt pile, tariff war: Economic Survey

RJio low-cost data services has disrupted market and revenue of incumbent players has fallen.

29 Jan 2018 4:30 PM

Estimates include October subscriber base data of Reliance Jio with 14.59 crore customers and MTNL with 36 lakh.

Mobile user base reaches to 97.54 crore in Nov: COAI

As per the data, India's private telecom service providers have a total of 975.40 million subscribers.

05 Jan 2018 9:42 AM

IMG was set up to give recommendation to help telecom companies come out of the financial difficulties.

16-year term for spectrum pay

The Telecom Commission also cleared path for formulating a draft of new National Telecom Policy by according its approval.

30 Sep 2017 6:53 AM

IMG on telecom to submit report by Thursday: DoT Secretary

The next meeting of the Telecom Commission is on September 8.

30 Aug 2017 1:13 PM

Mobile operators jointly added about 1 crore new customers, of which over 60 lakh were added by Jio alone.

Telecom user base goes up by half a per cent to cross 121 crore

Out of 11 telecom operators only five top mobile players were able to add new customers.

14 Aug 2017 6:32 PM

The comment comes in the backdrop of the regulator's ongoing tussle with Apple that is reportedly not allowing convergence of the Trai's Do-Not-Disturb app on its iOS platform.

Trai questions 3rd party right over user-generated data

Trai's app allows users to flag pesky calls and unsolicited messages directly to the regulator.

09 Aug 2017 10:09 AM

IMG in June had held extensive dialogue with all telecom players as well as large banks to discuss the industry's financial difficulties.

Telecom sector stress: IMG to meet next week to finalise report

The high-level group will hold its next meeting on August 14 and August 16.

09 Aug 2017 9:47 AM

Telecom sector has always been very competitive with telcos vying for market share.

Jio tactics will have telcos' revenues falling 10 per cent this fiscal

Jio's entry has wrecked financials of all the telcos as they are forced to lower prices on offerings.

01 Aug 2017 7:17 PM

Manoj Sinha has promised that the government will act swiftly on the recommendations of the inter-ministerial panel.

IMG considering more time for telcos to pay for spectrum

Inter-ministerial group is still exchanging ideas and the date of next meeting is yet to be finalised.

25 Jul 2017 10:24 AM

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley arrving to address a press conference on the concluding day of 14th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet in Srinagar. (Photo: AP)

GST good but nitty gritty remains

Some quixotic aberrations have popped up already like guns attracting lesser tax than hybrid automobiles.

21 May 2017 12:08 AM

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