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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>Telecom operators Reliance Jio<\/a>, Bharti Airtel<\/a>, and Vodafone Idea<\/a> want the government to further redefine the Adjusted Gross Revenue<\/a> (AGR<\/a>) in order to exclude certain non-telecom revenues such as from handset sales, over-the-top (OTT) subscription, mobile advertising services, amongst others, Financial Express reported.

In a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), telcos stressed that revenue from services that do not rely on licensed spectrum, such as from wireline service, leased circuits, bandwidth charges, port charges, and infrastructure sharing charges should not be included in the calculation of AGR for paying spectrum usage charge (SUC).

As part of the telecom sector revival package rolled out on September 15, the government has prospectively redefined AGR to exclude non-telecom revenue, leading to the new definition called the ‘Applicable Gross Revenue (ApGR)’. Telcos pay license fee at 8% of their AGR and SUC between 3-5%.

Telcos, through their representative body Cellular Operators Association of India (
COAI<\/a>), in their letter to the telecom department highlighted the impracticality of calculating interest earned from activities such as refundable security deposits from customers.

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DoT returns BGs worth over Rs 9,000-crore to Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Jio<\/a><\/h2>

“Airtel has received about Rs 4,000 crore over the last few days,” a person aware of the developments said. Vi has received about Rs 2,500 crore.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>Telecom operators Reliance Jio<\/a>, Bharti Airtel<\/a>, and Vodafone Idea<\/a> want the government to further redefine the Adjusted Gross Revenue<\/a> (AGR<\/a>) in order to exclude certain non-telecom revenues such as from handset sales, over-the-top (OTT) subscription, mobile advertising services, amongst others, Financial Express reported.

In a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), telcos stressed that revenue from services that do not rely on licensed spectrum, such as from wireline service, leased circuits, bandwidth charges, port charges, and infrastructure sharing charges should not be included in the calculation of AGR for paying spectrum usage charge (SUC).

As part of the telecom sector revival package rolled out on September 15, the government has prospectively redefined AGR to exclude non-telecom revenue, leading to the new definition called the ‘Applicable Gross Revenue (ApGR)’. Telcos pay license fee at 8% of their AGR and SUC between 3-5%.

Telcos, through their representative body Cellular Operators Association of India (
COAI<\/a>), in their letter to the telecom department highlighted the impracticality of calculating interest earned from activities such as refundable security deposits from customers.

\"DoT<\/a><\/figure>

DoT returns BGs worth over Rs 9,000-crore to Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Jio<\/a><\/h2>

“Airtel has received about Rs 4,000 crore over the last few days,” a person aware of the developments said. Vi has received about Rs 2,500 crore.<\/p><\/div>