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Power discoms get relief of deferred payments, round-the-clock power supply

The ministry of power has asked Central electricity regulatory Commission (CERC) to provide three months moratorium to discoms for paying to gencos & transcos

Covid-19: Airtel urges uninterrupted internet in outreach to other telcos

Calls for joining hands and paving the way for intra-circle roaming pacts as country goes under lock down in war against coronavirus

AGR dues: Supreme Court lashes out at DoT, telcos; says must pay all dues

It ordered the telecom department to immediately withdraw the move of allowing self-assessment of dues

SC to hear DoT's plea on AGR dues payment by telecom companies today

The fresh plea stated that telecom service providers who were liable to make payments have started making payments

IAMAI opposes proposal to fix minimum price for phone calls, data

At present, telecom companies are free to decide on call and data rates but due to stiff competition they have sought regulatory intervention

DoT moves SC to offer telecom firms 20-year window for payment of AGR dues

COAI, representing the telecom industry, has called it a "comprehensive petition"

Airtel, Voda Idea must disclose workings used to arrive at AGR dues: Report

In case of Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL), the DoT is seeking over Rs 53,000 crore

Govt gets Rs 25,900 cr in AGR dues; asks telcos to make full payment

Tata Teleservices has paid about Rs 4,197 crore, while Rs 3.9 crore has been received from Reliance Communications

AGR dues paid by telcos to reflect in FY20 revenue receipts: Report

Officials said the amount was not much to have any bearing on the fiscal position

DoT's test checks on telcos' AGR dues assessment may start soon: Report

A DoT official said that "test checks" of AGR calculation for a sample year would commence shortly and it could be as early as this week at least for large telecom companies

Bharti Airtel pays up Rs 18,000 crore as AGR dues to telecom dept

Bharti Airtel had initially paid Rs 10,000 crore to the DoT on February 17 in compliance with the Supreme Court judgment

AGR: Voda Idea seeks hike in mobile data to Rs 35 per GB, calls to 6p a min

Current mobile internet prices are in the range of Rs 4-5 per GB

Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel losses were gains for Jio and BSNL in December

Vodafone Idea and Airtel lost 3.6 million and 11,050 users, respectively

AGR crisis: Tata Sons chief meets telecom minister over Rs 14,000 cr dues

Emerging from the meeting which lasted for over 30 minutes, Chandrasekaran declined to comment on the details of his discussion

AGR issue: Top FinMin, NITI, DoT officials talk relief measures for telcos

The telecom department officials remained tightlipped after the high-level meeting on Sunday

Banks bracing up for a massive spike in stressed loans after SC AGR order

Say loans may not immediately turn into bad debt, but a big chunk of it eventually could

Best of BS Opinion: Trump's India visit, SC blow on AGR dues, and more

From Trump's first India visit after Senate acquittal to SC blow on AGR dues, here are the opinion pieces of the day.

Public sector companies with telecom licence also asked to pay AGR dues

OIL's notices are for 2007-08 to 2018-19 and the Rs 48,000 crore includes licence fee, penalties and interest

Banks will have to pay a price if any telco files for bankruptcy: SBI chief

Rajnish Kumar said that SBI will not pass on the burden of the hike in premium of deposit insurance to its customers

AGR not part of Budget 2020: Spectrum auction at base price could fill in

Clearly the government is pinning its hope very highly on the mega success of the spectrum auction