Officials said that the telecom department has received the payment made by Vodafone Idea, and added that other operators had made their payments earlier
The government will ensure coordination on three aspects -- compliance to SC order, ensuring health of the sector and customer interest, the source added
A senior government official privy to the development said the January 23 order was issued by the DoT without the consent of the telecom minister or DoT secretary
Supreme Court had on October 24 upheld government contention that non-core revenue in telecoms groups should be included in adjusted gross revenue
According to the data shared by Sinha, average outgoing call rate in June 2016 was 49 per minute which reduced to 19 paise per minute in December 2017
The meeting will take place after inter-ministerial group finishes its meetings with telcos
On June 10, telcos had given a 100-day plan on a strategy to address the call drop issue