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Indian telecoms groups plunge on levies ruling

Vodafone Idea drops 26% after court decision points to billions of dollars in charges.

SC judgement on AGR could pave the way for a two-telco market

Analysts say Vodafone Idea's survival could face challenges, paving way for Jio & Airtel to take lead.

Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei may suffer badly with Indian telcos set to curtail capex

They added that with balance sheets of the two telcos likely to be further weakened, existing tenancies and future growth of telecom tower companies like Bharti Infratel could be at risk as well.

Why the SC verdict on AGR does not validate Indian telecom licensing regime

It is time to abandon the logic of telecom levies on operator revenues

Reliance Jio to charge for voice calls made to other telecom operators

Jio said it will provide additional data free of cost to compensate for the charges. The charges will continue only till the time TRAI abolishes IUC.

Jio says calls are no longer free, signals an end to tariff war

Jio’s move to charge users 6 paise/min for calls to rivals' network will come as a major relief for Airtel and Voda Idea, which have been bleeding because of cut-price tariffs. As of June-end, 64% of Jio’s traffic was outgoing. Airtel, Voda Idea could gain if date of scrapping IUC is postponed.

Telecom revenue fell 10% in 2018 over cutthroat competition and tariff war

Spectrum usage charges (SUC) yearly declined 17.74 per cent, from Rs 5,089 crore in 2017 to Rs 4,186 crore in 2018

Trai weighs deferring date for scrapping IUC

Interconnect usage cost is levied by networks handling incoming calls from rival networks. Scrapping IUC or reducing it would help operators with more outgoing traffic than incoming calls...

Home broadband war begins as Airtel takes fight to Jio with own fibre plan

For ₹3,999 a month, top JioFiber users will get 2,500GB of data at a speed of 1Gbps. Airtel Xstream Fibre users will get 3,333GB of data at the same speed and price.