Airtel and Vodafone Idea had recently concluded their rights issue to pare debt. They raised Rs 25,000 crore each from their respective offers
In October 2016, Trai had recommended imposing a total penalty of Rs 3,050 crore on Airtel, Vodafone and Idea (now merged) for allegedly denying inter-connectivity to Reliance Jio
Thus far in the current calendar year 2019, shares of the company have more than halved from the level of Rs 23 on poor earnings and high debt.
The bankers will initiate discussions with potential buyers for the fibre assets, which could be valued at as much as Rs 130 billion ($1.9 billion), the sources said
TDSAT had asked DoT to refund bank guarantee worth nearly Rs 21,00 crore to Vodafone Idea
Vodafone Idea still has its Indus Tower stake, currently valued at Rs 6,160 crore
Both Airtel and Vodafone Idea have recently concluded their rights' issues to pare debt
The meeting of shareholders and creditors of the company were separately held on June 6
Vodafone Idea, which recently concluded Rs 25,000 crore rights issue, is looking to monetise investments in tower venture as well as fibre assets
The merger would, lead to simplification of the corporate structure, and efficient and economical management and control over the running of businesses of the subsidiaries
Loss came down from Rs 5,004.6 crore in the Dec quarter; a year-on-year comparison not possible as the merger of Vodafone and Idea had not taken place as of the same quarter last year
Shares of Vodafone Idea plunged 7.12 per cent on the BSE on Wednesday
About 20,000 million new shares of Vodafone Idea have started trading at National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the BSE with effect from today.
Analysts expect more of a Jio-Airtel duopoly in the market by FY22
The rights issue opened on April 10 and closed on April 24.
The company has proposed to hive off its telecom fibre infrastructure to Vodafone Towers before monetising it and approached the National Company Law Tribunal Ahmedabad
The company did not divulge the size of the deal but some reports pegged it at about $700 million
The company is also bringing in 5G capacity in current 4G deployment, in anticipation of regulatory clearance
Vodafone Idea is in the process of raising Rs 25,000 crore through a rights issue
Through the rights issue, which ran between April 10 and April 24, the company offered 2,000 crore new shares at Rs 12.50 apiece