Large-cap holdings of equity MFs saw significant churn at the start of the new calendar year. Fund managers upped their wager on Bharti Airtel
While Airtel paid Rs 10,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Ltd put in Rs 2,500 crore and promised to pay another Rs 1,000 crore before the end of the week
Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Sitharaman said: "In light of court's orders, the department is engaging with telecom companies after the reviews and I will wait to hear from the dept"
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The company said it will make payment of the balance amount after self assessment exercise
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
Bharti Airtel, Voda Idea and Tata Teleservices are jointly liable to pay dues of over Rs 1 trn, but they have informed the DoT of making only partial payment, according their to representatives.
Based on Statista data for 2019, Vodafone has 17.2 million subscribers in the UK, 29.5 million in Germany, and over 13.7 million in Spain
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
Cumulatively, the company has lost nearly Rs 45,000 crore in the last four quarters, eroding its net worth to its lowest level in three-year
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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
Vodafone has 304 million subscribers of which 45 per cent are data subscribers
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
Airtel owes nearly Rs 35,586 crore, including licence fee and spectrum usage charge, to the government
The DoT, which faced the ire of the Supreme Court for putting on hold recovery of dues from telecom companies, started issuing circle or zone-wise demand notices to firms, an order seen by PTI said
The payments to be made by the companies include Rs 53,000 crore by Vodafone Idea, Rs 35,500 crore by Bharti Airtel and Rs 14,000 crore by the now defunct Tata Teleservices
Among telcos, Vodafone Idea tumbled over 23 per cent to Rs 3.44 apiece on the BSE post the AGR verdict
The department's move came after the Supreme Court directed the managing directors and directors of telcos and other firms to explain why contempt action be not taken against them