The telecom companies have extended the validity of the prepaid plans to April 17 and also credited Rs 10 talktime in the accounts of low-income customers.

Though it was difficult for telcos to ascertain between migrants and non-migrants, they picked the low-end users as their potential beneficiaries wherever they are

Apart from the newly introduced Rs 95 prepaid plan, there are existing all-rounder packs like Rs 39, Rs 49 and Rs 79.

The telecom operators have spoken in favour of raising mobile call and internet rates at the earliest, however, they will keep the prices stable during the lockdown period

Following Jio, Airtel now also has a tool for its users that help people identify Covid-19 symptoms and self-diagnose themselves.

Owing to the 21-day lockdown across the nation, Airtel and Vodafone get temporary relief from paying the AGR dues.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has also said that movement of vehicles carrying diesel for the DG sets at critical telecom infrastructure should be allowed, and that sufficient diesel availability should be ensured

The SC on Wednesday rejected the AGR dues determined by telcos through a self-assessment exercise and ordered them to pay the principal together with interest and penalties

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Group's self-assessed dues to the government are a whopping Rs 82,300 crore, which is short of what DoT calculated after the Supreme Court's October 24 ruling on the Aggregated Gross Revenues

Experts have said that the existing telecom infrastructure of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance JIO is not equipped to handle a sudden rise in data consumption across the country

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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), according to its own submission to the apex court seeking relief in payment tenure, has put dues of the three companies at Rs 1.19 lakh crore

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The court has also categorically denied self-assessment of the AGR dues by the telcos, and has asked companies to pay all four components of the dues: principal, interest on the principal, penalty, and interest on penalty

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The Supreme Court has scheduled the government's plea on fixing of \"reasonable time\" for making AGR dues payment in the next three weeks

Despite the DoT pegging dues of Airtel and Vodafone Idea at Rs 35,586 crore and Rs 53,000 crore, telcos claim the actual amount is quite lower than that

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