India allows telcos to defer spectrum payments until March 2020

The lobby group Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) had pushed the government to halt the spectrum payments. On Wednesday, India’s cabinet said it would defer the payments for the next two financial years, giving firms until April 2022 to commence payment. The payment dispute centres around the definition of adjusted gross revenue, or AGR. Telecom providers in India pay the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) 3-5% of their AGR in spectrum usage charges and 8% as licence fees. Companies have long argued that AGR should comprise just revenue accrued from core services, while the government says it should include all revenue.

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