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Govt panel meets to discuss bailout package for telcos; DoT working on demand notices for Rs 1.4 lakh cr dues

According to the DoT's preliminary calculations, Bharti Airtel faces a liability of around Rs 42,000 crore, while Vodafone-Idea may have to pay about Rs 40,000 crore.

Airtel and Vodafone-Idea are indeed victims of their greed; govt shouldn't reward them by easing penalties, leave free market forces to play out

The Supreme Court has delivered the coup de grace on a struggling telecom sector by ordering Vodafone-Idea and Bharti Airtel to cough up revenues worth approximately Rs 1.33 trillion as part of AGR dues that the companies were contractually bound, but had so far refused to share with the government

Supreme Court verdict on AGR a clear setback for telecom firms, but they long ignored warning signs

The Supreme Court verdict is also a shot in the arm for the government which is looking for additional resources

TRAI consultation on OTT regulation: OTT shouldn't be regulated say some, while telcos call for sharing of infrastructure investment

A consultation took place to discuss if the services provided by the OTT players and TSPs are substitutable, then should OTT services also have the same licensing norms as the telcos

TRAI OTT consultation paper: Identifying and addressing falling voice revenues of telcos

The solution does not lie in bringing new OTT services under an outdated regulatory regime

Call termination charge: Jio, RCom say cost reduction should benefit customers; others disagree

At present interconnection charges (IUC) are paid by one telecom operator to another for connecting call made by its subscriber to dialled number.

Trai mulls free internet service for under-connected consumers

The model should facilitate the un-connected and under-connected consumer to become better connected and should not allow any telecom service providers (TSPs) or large company playing a gatekeeper or biased role