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The call for relief to the telecom sector got louder this week with all three telecom players coming together to ask for the government’s support.
The telcos through Cellular Operators Association of India<\/a> (COAI) asked for a moratorium period <\/em><\/a>of upto 10 years for present and future spectrum payments. They also demanded doubling of the tenure of all auctioned spectrum holdings, both existing and future, from 20 years currently to 40 years without seeking any additional amounts.
COAI Director General SP Kochhar argued the case for telcos in a letter to the department of telecommunications, the finance ministry, and the Cabinet secretary. “The Indian telecom sector remains one of the most heavily taxed sectors. The Government needs to recognize that the current revenue sharing regime of around 32% of revenue outgo as taxes and levies is unsustainable and will always be detrimental to growth of the Industry due to perennial lack of surplus cash to reinvest,” he said.
Out of three telcos, Vodafone Idea needs immediate relief<\/em><\/a> to sustain operations. The company’s loss widened during the June quarter to Rs 7,312.9 crore from Rs 6,985.1 crore in the previous three-month period. While quarterly revenue fell 4.73% sequentially to Rs 9,152.3 crore and average revenue per user (ARPU) fell to Rs 104 from Rs 107. A reduction in license fees, from 8% currently to 2% of the AGR and a reduction in the spectrum usage charge (SUC) is another demand of the telecom players.
The company has been unable to raise funds to overcome the crisis and is losing customer base rapidly. According to analysts, Vi will slowly die<\/em><\/a> if it fails to raise $3.5-5 billion (about Rs 26,000-37,000 crore) immediately to meet payment obligations, including adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, and invest in expansion of 4G networks.
While the government is learned to be considering a relief package for the telecom sector, the department of telecommunications want promoters of the beleaguered Vodafone Idea<\/a> — Vodafone Group Plc<\/a> of the UK and Aditya Birla Group (ABG) — to show their commitment to the India telecom operations by infusing equity<\/em><\/a>. However, both have refused to make any fresh equity investments as the telco is looking to raise funds from outside sources.
Kumar Mangalam Birla, the erstwhile chairman of the company, had offered his group’s stake of 27% to the government or any other entity that it deems fit in the name of \"national interest\". He had also sought an urgent government bailout, saying that absence of a revival package may lead Vi Idea towards an \"irretrievable point of collapse\".
And in a last ditch attempt, both Airtel and Vi have filed a review petition again in the Supreme Court for recalculation of the AGR dues. Earlier, their review petition was dismissed by the SC. Both the teclos have been demanding recalculation of AGR dues as calculated by the DoT. Vi will file a curative petition if the SC again rejects its review plea.Earlier, it said it would be a 'Travesty of justice' if correction of errors in AGR calculation was not allowed.
In another development, the government is set to notify the much-awaited new Spacecom policy soon<\/em><\/a>. This will open up skies for many foreign firms to start providing broadband coverage especially in rural and far flung areas.
Bharti-backed OneWeb<\/a> and Elon Musk<\/a>’s SpaceX have plans to launch high-speed satellite broadband services in India next year. OneWeb has already received the Letter of Intent (LoI) for GMPCS or `global mobile personal communications by satellite services' from the DoT.
While British firm Inmarsat has downplayed potential competition<\/em><\/a> from Bharti backed-OneWeb and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, saying these low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operators “lack fundamental capabilities” of providing secure and comprehensive fast broadband coverage for meeting market needs, including in India.
The new entrants are not well-positioned to meet the needs of that market. It's very hard to provide that kind of coverage, according to Barry French, Inmarsat’s chief marketing and communications officer.
Satellite broadband is set to create the next disruption in India's telecom sector. The Satcom<\/a> industry is at its nascent stage in India but has the potential to revolutionise connectivity in unconnected areas where terrestrial mobile or fiber cant reach. And the costs for consumers will come down as services become ubiquitous, translating into increased affordability and decreased satellite bandwidth costs.
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呼吁救援电信业越来越本周与所有三个电信玩家一起寻求政府的支持。
电信公司通过印度手机运营商协会(COAI)要求暂停高达十年的现在和未来频谱支付。他们还要求翻倍的任期频谱拍卖控股现有和未来,从目前的20年到40年没有寻求任何额外的金额。
COAI总经理SP Kochhar主张电信公司在一封给电信部门,财政部和内阁秘书。“印度电信业仍是征税最严重的行业之一。政府需要认识到目前的32%左右的收入分享制度的捐税收入支出是不可持续的,总是会不利于产业的增长由于常年缺乏现金盈余再投资,”他说。
三个电信公司,沃达丰的想法需要紧急救援来维持运营。公司的亏损6月季度扩大到7312 .9卢比6985。1卢比的前三个月。当季度收入环比下降4.73% 9152。3卢比和每用户平均收入(ARPU)从Rs 107年跌至104卢比。许可费用的减少,从目前的8%降至2%的AGR和减少频谱使用电荷(往下)是另一个电信玩家的需求。
公司无法筹集资金来克服危机和正在迅速失去客户。分析人士表示,六世会慢慢死去如果不能筹集-50亿3.5美元(约26000 - 37000卢比)立即履行支付义务,包括调整总收入(AGR)费,4 g网络的投资扩张。
虽然政府学会考虑电信部门的救援包,电信部门想要围攻的推动者沃达丰的想法- - - - - -沃达丰集团英国和Aditya Birla集团(ABG)——来显示他们的印度电信业务注入股本的承诺。然而,都拒绝做出任何新的股权投资作为电信希望从外部筹集资金来源。
Kumar Mangalam贝拉,昔日的公司主席提出了集团27%的股份向政府或任何其他实体,它认为符合“国家利益”的名义。他还寻求紧急政府救助,说没有复兴计划可能导致Vi理念“无法挽回的崩溃”。
在去年放弃尝试,Airtel和Vi再次提出审查申请最高法院重新计算AGR的会费。早些时候,他们审查请愿书被解雇的SC。AGR的teclos已经要求重新计算费计算的点。Vi将治疗请愿书如果SC再次拒绝评论的请求。早些时候说,它将是一个“正义的歪曲”如果修正错误AGR计算中是不允许的。
另一方面,政府将通知期待已久的新Spacecom政策很快。这将为许多外国公司开放的天空开始提供宽带覆盖率尤其是在农村和偏远地区。
Bharti-backedOneWeb和Elon Musk的SpaceX公司计划明年在印度推出高速卫星宽带服务。OneWeb已经收到意向书(减量)gmpc作或“全球移动个人通过卫星通信服务”的点。
而英国公司国际海事卫星已经淡化潜在的竞争Bharti backed-OneWeb和伊隆麝香SpaceX,称这些低地球轨道(LEO)卫星星座运营商“缺乏基本能力”提供安全、全面快速的宽带覆盖率为满足市场需求,包括在印度。
新进入者并不完全满足这个市场的需要。很难提供这类报道,根据巴里法语、海事卫星组织首席营销和通信官。
卫星宽带设置为创建下一个印度电信业的中断。的卫星通信在印度产业正处于刚刚起步的阶段,但潜在的革命性连接独立地区陆地移动或纤维不能达到。和消费者的成本将下降为服务无处不在,转化为增加能力和减少卫星带宽成本。
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