The proposals floated by the DoT reportedly include combining all telecom levies into one charge, on the lines of the GST that subsumed indirect taxes. Most of the disputes relate to multiple levies under different heads such as licence fees, spectrum usage charges and one-time spectrum fee

The biggest reason for the telecom sector's troubles now is the aggressive entry of Reliance Jio, the $21-billion start-up backed by Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd.

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Government had asked the Vodafone to deposit Rs 6,678 crore in pursuance to its proposed merger of its four entities - Vodafone East, Vodafone South and Vodafone Cellular and Vodafone Digilink - into it.

Vodafone Group has been asked to cough up Rs 1,263 crore for fudging its books to reduce the government's share of revenue in 2008-09 and 2010-11.

The telecom ministry has prepared a Rs 1,100-crore demand notice for Vodafone Indian unit as damages for having under reported revenues earned in 2006-08. Other telecom giants could face heat as well.

The Central Bureau of Investigation files charge sheet against mobile service firms Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India Ltd and Sterling Cellular Limited for alleged irregularities in allocation of excess spectrum during the NDA regime.

Paving the way for liberal M&As, the government on Wednesday said mergers of up to 35 per cent market share of the resultant entity would be through the automatic route, a move that would lead to consolidation in the sector.

The observations are part of the company's comments on the Draft National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2011 sent to the Telecom Ministry.

The investigation agency had on Saturday raided Bharti Airtel office in Gurgaon after filing a new case in allocation of additional 2G spectrum during the NDA government's tenure.