A Deep Dive into the History of Indian Telecom Licensing: Lessons and Failures (Part 5)
Introduction By 2003, the telecom landscape in India had become increasingly complicated, with numerous players holding different types of licenses. ...
Tag: AGR Dispute
Reevaluating AGR Dues: Possible Discrepancies in DoT’s Assessment
I have been closely monitoring the AGR dispute for several years. No doubt it has unfolded as an extraordinarily perplexing ...
Indian Telecom Market — The Danger of Duopoly
The Indian telecom market is in real danger of going into the state of a duopoly, and the government is ...
DoT AGR Demand – Operator Impact
(This note has been edited after availability of actual numbers in DoT's application for modification filed on 16th March 2020) ...
Was SC’s Interpretation of AGR the Real Intent of DoT?
The recent SC judgment on AGR dispute has created ripples in the telecom sector. The reason - the telecom companies ...
SC Judgment on AGR: Rationale and Implications
Recently (24th Oct 2019), the Supreme Court decided the "definition of revenue" on which license fee shall be applicable. The case ...
License Fees @ % of Revenue : What is the dispute all about?
Background The decision to charge a license fee as a share of revenue was offered by the DoT as a "migration ...