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不承担责任:沃达丰Idea的高管们表示，该公司不太可能申请破产
高管们说，责任在于监管制度和缺乏“公平的竞争环境”，这导致了亏损的电信公司发现自己处于可怕的境地。他们补充说，公司的命运现在掌握在政府的手中。
沃达丰的想法(Vi)不太可能选择自愿破产，因为这样的举动可能表明公司应该为其经营失败和随之而来的财务危机负责，而事实并非如此，高级管理人员说Aditya Birla集团(ABG)。
高管们说，责任在于监管制度和缺乏“公平的竞争环境”，这导致了亏损的电信公司发现自己处于可怕的境地。他们补充说，公司的命运现在掌握在政府的手中。
为了让业务走上正轨，该集团付出了巨大的努力。考虑到导致企业倒闭的不是管理失误，而是缺乏公平的竞争环境，申请破产并不是一个有吸引力的选择，”一位不愿透露姓名的集团高管表示。
Takkar补充说，员工应该继续专注于客户，并在市场上获胜。
邮件给ABG, UK’s沃达丰集团沃达丰Idea方面没有回应。ABG持有Vi 27.66%的股份，沃达丰持有44.39%的股份。
这家亏损的航空公司于2018年8月由ABG部门合并而成知道细胞以及英国沃达丰集团的印度子公司，沃达丰印度该公司在23财年面临31亿美元(2350亿卢比)的现金流缺口，3月底现金余额为35亿卢比。到目前为止，该公司过去10个月筹集2500亿卢比的努力尚未成功。
6月7日，该航空公司的财务状况变得危急，Birla给政府写信提出将该集团在Vi的股份转让给任何能够维持该公司生存的公共部门或国内金融实体。他还断言，如果没有政府的立即支持，电信公司将被推向无法挽回的崩溃地步。
“公司目前还无法恢复。经营利润无法实现。Aditya Birla集团或沃达丰集团或投资者没有资金可以进一步注入。它的命运现在掌握在政府手中。”一位不愿透露姓名的集团高管表示。
“在大多数国家，政府确实会介入挽救企业和就业，尤其是在没有欺诈或不当行为导致企业倒闭的国家，”上述高管补充道。
政府到目前为止还没有回复Birla的信，官员们私下谈论了接受该提议的困难。然而，中央正在努力迅速宣布一项该部门的救助计划，这将使Vi受益。该方案可能包括允许放弃频谱、减少银行担保、逐步取消或降低牌照费和频谱使用费等征费，以及可能重新定义调整后的总营收(AGR)以排除非电信项目。
周四，该电信公司的股价再次触及52周低点，但在当天反弹，收于5.94卢比，周四在BSE下跌1.49%。
现金短缺的电信公司的处境令其贷方、供应商和员工感到担忧。ET采访的招聘人员表示，他们收到了大量想要迅速离开这家电信公司的员工简历。
为了安抚员工，Vi MD Takkar向9500多名员工发出了一份内部沟通。
沃达丰Idea首席执行官Birla表示，ABG将继续支持电信业务
周三，伯拉辞职，由希曼舒·卡帕尼亚接任。卡帕尼亚目前是Idea Cellular的非执行董事，并在Idea Cellular与沃达丰印度合并前担任该公司董事总经理。
“即使Birla先生退出董事会，他和Aditya Birla集团将继续为公司提供支持和指导，这与集团的声明立场一致。因此，我们将继续从他的经验和支持中受益。”
他还详细介绍了周三董事会职位的变化。他补充说:“我敦促大家继续专注于为客户提供优质服务，保持在市场上的热情，以赢得胜利并实现我们的目标。”
ET已经看到了这段交流。
2019年9月，印度最高法院裁定扩大AGR的定义，将非电信项目包括在内，这让Vi背负了超过580亿卢比的法定账单，这家移动电话运营商被推到了悬崖边缘。到目前为止，它已经支付了785.4亿卢比，所有通过法律手段减少AGR账单的尝试都化为乌有。
在今年1月至3月的季度，该公司债务激增至18万亿卢比，原因是该公司借钱购买频谱和投资网络，当时收入大幅下降，导致现金流减少和严重亏损。自合并以来，Vi从未公布过季度利润。该公司在1月至3月季度的净亏损为698.51亿卢比。
Kumar Mangalam Birla辞去沃达丰Idea非执行董事长职务;Himanshu Kapania接手
2018年8月，在Idea Cellular和英国沃达丰集团(Vodafone Group)电信子公司沃达丰印度(Vodafone India) 230亿美元的合并交易结束后，Birla接任沃达丰Idea的非执行董事长。
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<\/figure>Vodafone Idea<\/a> (Vi) is unlikely to opt for voluntary bankruptcy as such a move may indicate that the company was to blame for its operational failure and consequent financial crisis, which was not the case, say senior executives of the Aditya Birla Group<\/a> (ABG).
The executives said the blame lay with the regulatory regime and lack of a \u2018level playing field\u2019 which had led to the dire situation that the loss-making telco finds itself in. They added that the fate of the company now lies in the hands of the government.
\"The group has put in Herculean efforts to get the business on track. Filing for bankruptcy is not an appealing option considering that it was not a management error that led to the business failure but a lack of level playing field,\" said a top group official, who did not want to be named.
<\/div><\/div>Thursday, Vi managing director Ravinder Takkar<\/a>, in an internal communication to employees<\/em><\/a>, said that even after the resignation of Kumar Mangalam Birla as chairman, the telco would continue to receive \"support and guidance\" from him and ABG.
Takkar added that employees should continue to focus on customers and winning in the market.
Emails to ABG, UK\u2019s Vodafone Group<\/a> and Vodafone Idea went unanswered. ABG has a 27.66% stake in Vi while Vodafone has 44.39%.
The loss-making carrier, which was formed in August 2018 by a merger between ABG unit Idea Cellular<\/a> and UK-based Vodafone Group\u2019s India unit, Vodafone India<\/a>, faces a potential $3.1 billion (Rs 23,500 crore) shortfall in cash flows in FY23 with its March-end cash balance at Rs350 crore. Its efforts at raising Rs25,000 crore for the last 10 months hasn\u2019t been successful so far.
The criticality of the carrier\u2019s financial situation came to the fore when on June 7, Birla wrote to the government <\/em><\/a>offering to hand over the group\u2019s stake in Vi to any public sector or domestic financial entity who could keep the company afloat. He had also asserted that without immediate government support, the telco would be driven to an irretrievable point of collapse.
Takkar added that employees should continue to focus on customers and winning in the market.
Emails to ABG, UK\u2019s Vodafone Group<\/a> and Vodafone Idea went unanswered. ABG has a 27.66% stake in Vi while Vodafone has 44.39%.
The loss-making carrier, which was formed in August 2018 by a merger between ABG unit Idea Cellular<\/a> and UK-based Vodafone Group\u2019s India unit, Vodafone India<\/a>, faces a potential $3.1 billion (Rs 23,500 crore) shortfall in cash flows in FY23 with its March-end cash balance at Rs350 crore. Its efforts at raising Rs25,000 crore for the last 10 months hasn\u2019t been successful so far.
The criticality of the carrier\u2019s financial situation came to the fore when on June 7, Birla wrote to the government <\/em><\/a>offering to hand over the group\u2019s stake in Vi to any public sector or domestic financial entity who could keep the company afloat. He had also asserted that without immediate government support, the telco would be driven to an irretrievable point of collapse.
<\/div><\/div>The contents of the letter were made public on Monday. On Wednesday, Birla resigned <\/em><\/a>his position as the non-executive chairman and director of Vi, without citing any reasons, and was replaced by Himanshu Kapania.
\"The company cannot recover at this stage. Operational profits can't be made. There are no funds that can be infused further by the Aditya Birla Group or Vodafone Group or investors. Its fate now lies in the hands of the government\" said a top group official, who did not want to be named.
\"In most countries, governments do step in to save businesses and employment especially where there is no fraud or malpractice that led to the collapse,\u201d the executive quoted above added.
The government has so far not responded to Birla\u2019s letter, with officials privately speaking about difficulties of accepting the proposal. However, the Centre is working to speedily announce a relief package for the sector<\/em><\/a>, which would also benefit Vi. The package could include allowing surrender of spectrum, reduction of bank guarantees, phasing out or reducing levies such as licence fees and spectrum usage charges and prospectively redefining adjusted gross revenue (AGR) to exclude non-telecom items.
The shares of the telco hit another 52-week low on Thursday but recovered during the day to end at Rs 5.94, down by 1.49% on the BSE on Thursday.
The position of cash-strapped telco has worried its lenders, vendors and employees. Recruiters ET spoke to said they have been flooded with resumes of employees who want to make swift exits from the telco.
To calm employees, Vi MD Takkar sent out an internal communication to 9500-odd employees.
\"The company cannot recover at this stage. Operational profits can't be made. There are no funds that can be infused further by the Aditya Birla Group or Vodafone Group or investors. Its fate now lies in the hands of the government\" said a top group official, who did not want to be named.
\"In most countries, governments do step in to save businesses and employment especially where there is no fraud or malpractice that led to the collapse,\u201d the executive quoted above added.
The government has so far not responded to Birla\u2019s letter, with officials privately speaking about difficulties of accepting the proposal. However, the Centre is working to speedily announce a relief package for the sector<\/em><\/a>, which would also benefit Vi. The package could include allowing surrender of spectrum, reduction of bank guarantees, phasing out or reducing levies such as licence fees and spectrum usage charges and prospectively redefining adjusted gross revenue (AGR) to exclude non-telecom items.
The shares of the telco hit another 52-week low on Thursday but recovered during the day to end at Rs 5.94, down by 1.49% on the BSE on Thursday.
The position of cash-strapped telco has worried its lenders, vendors and employees. Recruiters ET spoke to said they have been flooded with resumes of employees who want to make swift exits from the telco.
To calm employees, Vi MD Takkar sent out an internal communication to 9500-odd employees.