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No payment for acquisition of equity stake in telcos, move aimed at easing debt burden: Centre clarifies

New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Wednesday clarified that no money is being paid in acquiring the equity stake in Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) as these companies have opted to convert certain dues payable to the government into equity/preference capital as per the Telecom Reforms Package announced in September last year.

ICRA revises outlook for telecom sector; says ARPU to increase to Rs 174 by FY23 end

Ratings agency ICRA has revised the industry outlook for the telecom sector from 'negative' to 'stable' as the tariff hike by three big companies, Reliance Jio, Vodafone, and Bharati Airtel, following Centre's reforms package, is likely to increase the industry average revenue per user (ARPU) and also support telco companies to profit.

DoT likely to return bank guarantees of telcos, govt to approach Supreme Court: Report

New Delhi/IBNS: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to tell the Supreme Court soon that the government will return bank guarantees (BG) of telcos even for matters which are currently sub judice, ET reported.