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电信和AGR传奇
在周三的一项重大决定中，政府宣布AGR的定义将合理化，非电信收入将在预期的基础上被排除。
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印度国家电信公司将为5G部署分配6200亿卢比的频谱
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AGR(调整后总收入)的幽灵将不再困扰电信公司。在打了近15年的法律战之后，这个案子终于可以告一段落了，尽管是在未来的基础上。
在周三的一项重大决定中，政府宣布AGR的定义将合理化，非电信收入将在预期的基础上被排除。
虽然这次胜利并不意味着过去的会费已经被免除，只是四年的延期AGR费已由政府提供。
双方的赌注都很高。根据电讯部的评估，年度总会费为行业达到1.19万亿卢比。在总会费43980亿卢比中，Bharti Airtel已经支付了18004亿卢比。
沃达丰的想法该公司的AGR会费最高，为58254亿卢比，其中该公司已经支付了785.4亿卢比。它坐拥微薄的现金流，背负着1.8万亿卢比的巨额债务，其中惊人的1.5万亿卢比必须支付给政府。延期的频谱费为9627亿卢比，AGR费为5840亿卢比，银行债务为2380亿卢比。该公司一直无法筹集资金来克服危机，并正在迅速失去客户基础。
塔塔电信业务该公司的会费为16798亿卢比，其中已经支付了4197亿卢比，而Jio的会费为19.47亿卢比，所有这些都已经由该公司支付。其余的会费是球员谁已经关闭商店或案件是在NCLT。
*电讯业已根据国家电信政策在1994年，许可证发放给公司，以换取固定的许可证费用。
* 1999年，政府推出了一种迁移到收入共享模式的选项
*收入分成模式:运营商将其AGR的一定百分比作为年度许可费和频谱使用费
*许可证费用为AGR的8%，频谱使用费为AGR的3-5 %
* AGR的定义很快成为争论的焦点
*电信部门表示，AGR将包括来自电信和非电信服务的所有收入，而电信公司表示，AGR应只包括来自电信服务的收入
* 2005年，印度移动运营商协会(COAI)对政府对AGR计算的定义提出了质疑。
* 2015年，TDSAT(电信纠纷解决和上诉法庭)做出了有利于电信公司的裁决
* 2019年，最高法院驳回了TDSAT的命令，维持了电信部的定义，电信公司被要求在2020年1月前支付超过1.4万亿卢比(包括罚款和罚款利息)，这也使GAIL、电网、DMRC和Railtel等非电信psu受到DOT的影响，但后来得到了减免
*会费总额为15家电信公司，但在2019年，许多公司已经关闭或申请破产
* 2020年1月:电信运营商错过了付款截止日期，并提交了一份审查请愿书，挑战最高法院的判决，但它被驳回了
* 2020年2月:最高法院斥责电信公司不支付会费，要求他们在2020年3月前支付10%的会费
* 2020年3月:最高法院抨击交通部允许自我评估，但表示对电信公司的分期付款计划开放，交通部提出了超过20年的付款计划
* 2020年6月:最高法院表示不允许20年计划，提出新的支付计划
* 2020年9月:最高法院允许从2021年4月开始在10年内支付AGR会费
* 2020年11月:内阁允许暂停两年的会费
* 2021年1月:电信公司，即Airtel，沃达丰Idea，塔塔电信服务公司向最高法院提交修改AGR计算的请求
* 2021年7月:最高法院驳回了电信公司的修改请求
* 2021年8月:电信公司再次向最高法院提交审查申请
* 2021年9月:政府允许暂停4年AGR会费
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<\/figure>The ghost of AGR (adjusted gross revenues) will not haunt telecom companies any longer. After fighting a legal battle for almost 15 years, the case can finally be put to rest, though on a prospective basis.
In a significant decision on Wednesday, the government announced that the definition of AGR will be rationalised and non telecom revenue will be excluded on prospective basis.
Though this win does not mean the past dues have been waived off, only a four year moratorium on AGR dues<\/a> have been provided by the government.
<\/div><\/div>The 15 year old legal battle has its roots in the definition of AGR which became a bone of contention between the department of telecommunications and the telecom players. While the department of telecommunications was of the view that AGR will include all revenues from telecom and non telecom services, telecom players were contesting against it saying AGR should only include revenue from core services i.e telecom.
Stakes were high on both sides. As per assessment of the department of telecommunications, the total AGR dues for the industry<\/a> stand at Rs 1.19 lakh crore. Out of its total dues of Rs 43,980 crore, Bharti Airtel<\/a> has paid Rs 18,004 crore.
Vodafone Idea<\/a>'s AGR dues are the highest at Rs 58,254 crore of which the company has paid Rs 7854 crore. It is sitting on a meagre cash flow with a huge debt of 1.8 lakh crore, out of which a staggering 1.5 lakh crore has to be paid to the government. Deferred spectrum dues stand at Rs 96,270 crore, AGR dues at Rs 58,400 crore, and a bank debt of Rs 23,080 crore. The company has been unable to raise funds to overcome the crisis and is losing its customer base rapidly.
Tata Teleservices<\/a> dues stand at Rs 16,798 crore of which it has paid Rs 4,197 crore, while Jio\u2019s dues are at Rs 194.7 crore all of which have already been paid by the company. Rest of the dues are of the players who have closed shops or cases are in NCLT.
Stakes were high on both sides. As per assessment of the department of telecommunications, the total AGR dues for the industry<\/a> stand at Rs 1.19 lakh crore. Out of its total dues of Rs 43,980 crore, Bharti Airtel<\/a> has paid Rs 18,004 crore.
Vodafone Idea<\/a>'s AGR dues are the highest at Rs 58,254 crore of which the company has paid Rs 7854 crore. It is sitting on a meagre cash flow with a huge debt of 1.8 lakh crore, out of which a staggering 1.5 lakh crore has to be paid to the government. Deferred spectrum dues stand at Rs 96,270 crore, AGR dues at Rs 58,400 crore, and a bank debt of Rs 23,080 crore. The company has been unable to raise funds to overcome the crisis and is losing its customer base rapidly.
Tata Teleservices<\/a> dues stand at Rs 16,798 crore of which it has paid Rs 4,197 crore, while Jio\u2019s dues are at Rs 194.7 crore all of which have already been paid by the company. Rest of the dues are of the players who have closed shops or cases are in NCLT.
<\/div><\/div>ETTelecom brings you a chronology of the largest legal battle in the telecom industry:
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*The telecom sector was liberalised under the National Telecom Policy<\/a>, 1994 in which licenses were issued to companies in return for a fixed license fee.
*In 1999, the government came out with an option of migration to a revenue sharing model
*Revenue sharing model: operators to share a percentage of their AGR as annual license fee and spectrum usage charges
*License fee was set at 8 % and Spectrum usage charges between 3-5 % of AGR
*Definition of AGR soon became a bone of contention
*Department of telecommunications said AGR will include all revenues from telecom and non telecom services, while telecom players said AGR should only include revenue from telecom services
*In 2005, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) challenged the government\u2019s definition for AGR calculation.
*In 2015, the TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal) ruled in favour of telecom companies
*In 2019, the Supreme Court set aside TDSAT\u2019s order and upheld the definition of Department of telecommunications, telcos were asked to pay over Rs 1.4 lakh crore (includes penalties and interest on penalties) combined by January 2020, this also brought non-telecom PSUs such as GAIL, Power Grid, DMRC and Railtel under dues of DOT which later got relief though
*The total dues were of 15 telecom companies, but in 2019 many had shut shop or filed for bankruptcy
*January 2020: Telecom players missed payment deadline and filed a review petition challenging the SC verdict but it got dismissed
*February 2020: Supreme Court raps telcos over nonpayment of dues, ask them to pay 10 % dues by March 2020
*March 2020: Supreme Court slams DoT for allowing self-assessment but said open to staggered payments plan by telcos, DoT propose payment plan of over 20 years
*June 2020: Supreme Court said can\u2019t allow 20 years plan, come up with new payment plan
*September 2020: Supreme Court allows payments of AGR dues over 10 years starting April 2021
*November 2020: Cabinet allows 2 year moratorium on dues
*January 2021: Telcos i.e Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Tata Teleservices file plea for modification in AGR calculations in the Supreme Court
*July 2021: Modification plea of telcos rejected by the Supreme Court
*August 2021: Review petition by telcos filed again in the Supreme Court
*September 2021: Government allows 4 years moratorium on AGR dues
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*The telecom sector was liberalised under the National Telecom Policy<\/a>, 1994 in which licenses were issued to companies in return for a fixed license fee.
*In 1999, the government came out with an option of migration to a revenue sharing model
*Revenue sharing model: operators to share a percentage of their AGR as annual license fee and spectrum usage charges
*License fee was set at 8 % and Spectrum usage charges between 3-5 % of AGR
*Definition of AGR soon became a bone of contention
*Department of telecommunications said AGR will include all revenues from telecom and non telecom services, while telecom players said AGR should only include revenue from telecom services
*In 2005, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) challenged the government\u2019s definition for AGR calculation.
*In 2015, the TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal) ruled in favour of telecom companies
*In 2019, the Supreme Court set aside TDSAT\u2019s order and upheld the definition of Department of telecommunications, telcos were asked to pay over Rs 1.4 lakh crore (includes penalties and interest on penalties) combined by January 2020, this also brought non-telecom PSUs such as GAIL, Power Grid, DMRC and Railtel under dues of DOT which later got relief though
*The total dues were of 15 telecom companies, but in 2019 many had shut shop or filed for bankruptcy
*January 2020: Telecom players missed payment deadline and filed a review petition challenging the SC verdict but it got dismissed
*February 2020: Supreme Court raps telcos over nonpayment of dues, ask them to pay 10 % dues by March 2020
*March 2020: Supreme Court slams DoT for allowing self-assessment but said open to staggered payments plan by telcos, DoT propose payment plan of over 20 years
*June 2020: Supreme Court said can\u2019t allow 20 years plan, come up with new payment plan
*September 2020: Supreme Court allows payments of AGR dues over 10 years starting April 2021
*November 2020: Cabinet allows 2 year moratorium on dues
*January 2021: Telcos i.e Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Tata Teleservices file plea for modification in AGR calculations in the Supreme Court
*July 2021: Modification plea of telcos rejected by the Supreme Court
*August 2021: Review petition by telcos filed again in the Supreme Court
*September 2021: Government allows 4 years moratorium on AGR dues
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