The creditors have submitted claims of around Rs 49,000 crore on RCom, Rs 24,000 crore on Reliance Telecom and Rs 12,600 crore on Reliance Infratel before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)

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

The biggest challenge for Vodafone Idea is to arrange for upfront payment which is a new animal that the telco will have to deal with

The former bureaucrat said that Indian telecom is headed towards becoming a duopoly (Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel) with the remaining two players- Vodafone Idea and BSNL-MTNL - hurtling towards eventual shutdown

Telecom sector stares at big disruption in a duopoly market of Reliance Jio and Airtel with a depleted BSNL. It will surely raise telecom cost for the consumer

Both Airtel and Vodafone Idea face huge monetary burden due to AGR, but none of them has said they will close down operations. Instead, both have said they will pay the AGR dues

AGR latest updates: Vodafone Idea said it is assessing the amount that can be paid towards AGR dues, even as it flagged concerns over the continuation of its business

At present, there are three private players in the Indian mobile market -- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio -- besides the ailing state-owned operators BSNL/MTNL

Vodafone Idea Ltd, in which Vodafone holds 45.39 per cent stake, is staring at unpaid statutory dues of Rs 53,038 crore, including Rs 24,729 crore of spectrum dues and Rs 28,309 crore in licence fee, and has already warned of shutdown if no relief is given

Vodafone Idea AGR dues: As per some estimates, the government would be impacted the most as the telco owes about Rs 90,000 crore in deferred spectrum dues and AGR liability

Ritesh Aggarwal, Chief Financial Officer of UVARC says the company has over Rs 1,000 crore worth of assets under management, and that the CoC of Aircel has approved UVARC's takeover plan

Countrywide protests have raged for three weeks after parliament passed legislation which gives minorities from neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh a path to citizenship but excludes Muslims

The state police said over 260 security personnel were also injured, of whom 57 suffered gunshot wounds

An internet shutdown is a suspension of internet access ordered by the authorities. Telecoms companies then turn off the cellular networks at transmitting towers providing mobile phone internet services in the area

Mobile phone services have been suspended in parts of Delhi amid anti-CAA protests. Section 144 has also been imposed in many parts across Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Bengaluru

The finance minister added that in case of marriages, medical emergencies, and other crisis situations, a depositor of the bank can withdraw up to Rs 1 lakh by invoking the 'hardship provisions' of the RBI

Apart from the merger, the government has announced a host of measures to revive the debt-ridden companies, which include administrative allocation of spectrum for 4G services, debt restructuring, reducing employee costs through VRS, and asset monetisation plan

Since the beginning of 2019, air passenger traffic started slipping, but the real trouble started when Jet Airways went out of business in April. It led to sudden vacuum in capacity, which meant higher airfares