AGR - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on AGR at Lokmat Times

"It will need a 20 per cent increase in ARPU to get the companies on a better financial footing. To achieve this, there will be an immediate need to restructure the debt to Government with a 2 year moratorium, lower interest and a longer repayment time. Also Government needs to eliminate or redefine AGR prospectively and reduction in License Fees and Spectrum Usage Charges to 3 per cent and 1 per cent respectively. GST rate needs to be brought down to 5 per cent and GST should be removed from all government payments for debt repayment, interest, LF and SUC," Rajan Mathews, DG of the mobile industry association COAI told .The July-September quarter (Q2) has dealt a body blow financially to the Indian telecom sector AGR order after the Supreme Court's , already reeling under a bruising tariff war and heavy spectrum dues payment schedules.The ruling has resulted in a Rs 92,000 crore liability for India's telecom sector, Airtel and Vodafone Idea being the worst hit and many of the others have shut operations since then.Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, India's second- and third-biggest telecom service providers, respectively, came out with unprecedented losses largely a result of the two setting aside cash to pay disputed dues to the government for AGR payment to government. Vodafone Idea's losses ballooned to Rs 50,922 crore in the three months, from Rs 4,874 crore in the year-ago period. Bharti Airtel's figure stood at Rs 23,044 crore the biggest in its 24-year history. The company had earned profits of Rs118 crore in the year-ago period.Botyh telcos have already said unless government gives them relief package, they would find it extremely difficult to remain as going concern.A Centre appointed Secretaies Panel is looking into the possible bail out packages in terms of lower rate of interest and moratoriums. It is yet to take a final call on this. Last week Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said government does not want any telecom company to shut down.( With inputs from IANS )

AgrFOLLOW

Agr, Latest News

State run MTNL does not have any liability pending on account of the AGR revenues unpaid to the Department of Telecom (DoT)as it operates through a separate subsidiary and its mobile service dues have already been paid under the AGR. ...

The committee of secretaries tasked to provide relief to the telecom sector headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gaur has been dismantled, said official sources. ...

Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash on Monday said no reference has been sent to TRAI on setting floor price on tariffs and the Digital Communications Commission will meet in the second half of December where it may take up the issue of spectrum auctions ...

The country's two top telecom operators - Vodafone Idea and Airtel - on Friday filed review petitions in the Supreme Court against its AGR verdict, just ahead of the 30-day time period expiring Saturday since the court's order dealt a financial body ...

Airtel on Friday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court for the waiver of interest and penalty in the AGR amount. ...

Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid (Ayodhya) and the Annual Gross Revenue (AGR) Liability of Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) verdicts have threatened to file "review petitions" in the hope that the Honble Judges will change their Orders. ...

The Supreme Court ruling on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) has not just hit the Indian telecom firms hard, but has eroded the profits of their foreign partners as well, with the latest casualty being Airtel's joint venture (JV) partner Singtel. ...

The mobile industry has urged Government to help the telcos restructure their debts with a two-year moratorium, lower interest and longer repayment time to help them come out of the financial crisis which has been aggravated by the AGR order of the S ...