No relief on AGR, Airtel, Vodafone Idea asked to pay dues after self-assessment

A day after Vodafone Plc’s Chief Executive Officer cast doubt over the future of its India operations due to massive financial stress, the Department of Telecom has issued notices to all operators asking them to pay up their licence fee dues as per the Supreme Court ruling on the issue of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR).

The DoT has asked all operators, including Internet Service Providers and Virtual Network Operators, to do a self-assessment of their respective dues as per the licence conditions, a top official told BusinessLine.

Industry experts said that the DoT should have calculated the dues owed by various operators instead of asking the telecom companies to do a self-assessment.