Anil Ambani also thanked his elder brother Mukesh Ambani, who is credited with conceptualising the undivided group's telecom foray
Last year, Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications signed a pact with Reliance Jio for sale of wireless spectrum, tower, fibre and MCN assets
RCom is also in the midst of completing its sale of airwaves, towers and fiber to a rival controlled by Ambani's older brother
RCom is currently under the debt resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC)
RCom bonds due 2020 decline to lowest since December
Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) said on Monday it had received approval from the Supreme Court to proceed with the sale of its wireless assets to Reliance Jio
Firm to use the proceeds of sale to repay loans
In 2015, RCom said, DoT had raised a demand for OTSC when it liberalised the administratively allocated spectrum
RCom, which is reeling under debt of around Rs 450 billion, had closed its mobile services business in January this year and continues to provide business-to-business (B2B) telecom services
The settlement will enable asset monetisation of Rs 80 billion as soon as the company exits the debt resolution process under NCLT
The stock moved higher by upto 19% to Rs 15.95 in noon deal, bouncing back 24% from its early morning low on the BSE.
The stock surged 56.9% to Rs 16.55 on the BSE on Thursday after the media report suggested that RCom and Ericsson inform NCLT in Mumbai that they are in settlement talks.
Shares of RCom, as the company is known, dropped as much as 9.7 percent on Wednesday in Mumbai, while its 2020 dollar bonds plummeted the most in more than seven months
While neither Jio nor RCom had divulged the size of the deal, sources have pegged the transaction value at Rs 180 billion
The loss-making firm has stopped voice call services and is continuing operations of its business-to-business division
Trai seeks to initiate suitable punitive action if RCom fails to comply with its directives
The total outstanding loans of RCom Group, as on September 30, 2017 were about Rs 400 52 billion
The loss-making and debt-ridden RCom closed mobile calling service on its network from December 1 in about half of the country and rest from December 29
Reliance Jio has been one of the key bidders and has shown interest in both fibre (they are one of the main bulk users) as well as spectrum
Other ADAG stocks including Reliance Capital (up 6%), Reliance Power (up 6%) and Reliance Infrastructure (up 5%) also gained on the news