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Mukesh Ambani built three sector-dominating businesses under RIL and cleaned off the conglomerate's debts by raising Rs 2.89 lakh crore

The latest report by IIFL Securities indicated that tariff increase may not be immediate and instead sees a \"high likelihood of price hike in 12-18 months\"

In a recent report, Goldman Sachs analysts said that following their conversations with investors, there's a view that Jio will not raise prices and as such Airtel and Vodafone Idea may have to roll back prices if they raise them

The telco has been making losses and is aiming to ramp up its 4G network and clear the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues

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Sunil Mittal said that Airtel has clarified in the past that tariff hike is necessary, but the company cannot move ahead with it sans support from the rest of industry and regulator

Even though the telco said that it plans to raise about Rs 25,000 crore within two-three months, it seems that there's no way it can avoid tariff hikes at the moment

Bharti Airtel is in a sweet spot again, thanks to tariff hikes last year, digital gameplan and relentless focus on winning quality customers

Even though the postpaid market accounts for just 5 per cent subscriber base, it contributes 16 per cent to the overall mobile revenues of telcos

The agencies believe that since Airtel is not required to make lumpsum AGR payment to Department of Telecommunications, the telco can use some of its recently-raised funds to deleverage

Moody's said that Bharti Airtel's profitability has improved due to moderation in industry competition, rise in its 4G customer base, and a tariff hike from December 2019

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According to VIL's notice, Takkar has been appointed as MD and CEO for a period of three years with effect from August 19, 2019 and will be given \"nil remuneration\"

RIL is looking to leverage the users' digital footprint and earn incremental revenues from digital ads, digital lending and even engagements like play along with IPL, KBC, etc

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has hinted at a hike in mobile services tariff in the next 6 months. Mittal said that availability of data at low rates is not sustainable for the telecom industry

Additional AGR provisioning has taken a toll on Bharti Airtel's profit and loss statement, while it still struggles to bring revenues to a desirable level

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

Call for tariff hike comes despite telco increasing charges by up to 50 per cent in December; Vodafone Idea believes it can only earn revenue at same level as 2016-17 if government fixes floor price for calls and data charges

\"On the 3.5 Ghz band Trai has recommended price to Rs 50,000 crore for 100 mhz of spectrum. 5G requires a large block of spectrum. 100 Mhz spectrum for 50,000 crore, we can't afford. We believe it is too high. We will not pick it up at those prices,\" says Bharti Airtel MD and CEO Gopal Vittal