Centre gives four-year relief to telecom firms from paying dues

Fifteen entities, most of them telecom companies, owe the government Rs 1.47 lakh crore in adjusted gross revenue dues.

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· Sep 15, 2021 · 05:51 pm

After technical glitches, telecom regulator suspends new norms for commercial texts for a week

The decision to pause the second phase of SMS regulation came days after consumers complained of difficulties in getting OTPs and making payments.

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· Mar 10, 2021 · 12:43 pm

Reliance Jio to roll out 5G in second half of 2021, announces Mukesh Ambani

The Reliance Industries chairperson urged the Centre to take policy-related steps to accelerate the process for the early launch of the service.

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· Dec 08, 2020 · 02:36 pm

Vodafone wins arbitration case against Indian government, will not pay Rs 20,000 crore tax liability

The international arbitration tribunal at The Hague ruled that India’s imposition of a tax liability is in breach of an India-Netherlands investment treaty.

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· Sep 25, 2020 · 06:34 pm

Debt-laden Vodafone Idea rebrands itself as ‘Vi’

The telecom carrier has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay over Rs 50,000 crore in dues to the government in 10 years’ time.

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· Sep 07, 2020 · 01:08 pm

Supreme Court exempts Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio from paying Rs 40,000 crore AGR dues to Centre

The top court said these telecom firms cannot be ‘saddled with the liability of past dues’ from defunct companies.

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· Sep 02, 2020 · 08:42 am

Indian telecom firms may take a hit if the government decides to ban Huawei

Two of the country’s largest telecom firms, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, are Huawei's clients.

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· Aug 30, 2020 · 01:30 pm

SC says it may cancel spectrum allocation of telecom firms if they are unwilling to clear AGR dues

The bench, however, reserved its verdict on whether the companies facing insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings can sell spectrum rights.

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· Aug 25, 2020 · 01:26 pm

SC directs Income Tax department to refund Rs 833 crore to Vodafone Idea

In April, the top court had ordered the tax department to issue a refund Rs 733 crore to the telecom major.

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· Jul 23, 2020 · 07:58 am

SC asks telecom firms to file financial statements of 10 years, Centre withdraws demand from PSUs

The Centre said it had rescinded 96% of its demand.

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· Jun 18, 2020 · 01:53 pm

Centre committed to reviving BSNL, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The telecom minister, however, added that it was not possible to retain all of BSNL’s employees

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· Mar 18, 2020 · 07:53 pm

Telecom dues: Supreme Court lashes out at Centre for seeking 20 years’ time to recover amount

The top court said the government’s proposal was ‘sheer contempt of court’.

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· Mar 18, 2020 · 11:53 am