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Indian Telcos & Towers News reports that the Indian government may voluntarily give telcos $12bn of relief on AGR liabilities would be a thesis-changing event. If it happens it would be probably the biggest ever positive regulatory decisio

Indian press is reporting that the Indian government is planning to cut AGR liabilities for the industry by around INR 1 trn (c. $12bn), by cutting 50% of interest and 100% of penalties and interest on penalties relating to the AGR fines. Implication would be a c. INR 520bn (US$ 6.2bn) reduction in liabilities for Vodafone IDEA and around INR 380bn (US $4.5bn) for Bharti.
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Indus Towers Limited

Bharti Infratel provides telecom tower infrastructure in India. Co. acquires, builds, owns, operates, and manages towers and related infrastructure for wireless telecommunications service providers. As of Mar 31 2014, Co. owned and operated 83,368 towers and 167,202 co-locations in 22 telecommunication circles.

Reliance Industries Limited

Reliance Industries is primarily engaged in the production and market of petrochemical products, and refinery and retail of petroleum and LPG. Co.'s petrochemical products include polymer - polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), poly vinyl chloride (PVC); polyester - polyester filament yarn (PFY), polyester staple fiber (PSF), polyethylene terephthalate (PET); polyester intermediates - paraxylene (PX), purified terephthalic acid (PTA), mono-ethylene glycol (MEG); and cracker products - ethylene, propylene and aromatics. Co. is also engaged in the manufacture of RELAB and textiles. Co.'s textile products are sold under the brand names: Only Vimal, Harmony, Reance, RueRel and V2.

Singapore Telecommunications Limited

Singapore Telecommunications is engaged in the operation and provision of telecommunications systems and services, and investment holding. Co. provides a range of multimedia and Information and communications technology solutions, including voice, data and video services over fixed and wireless platforms. Within both Singapore and Australia, Co. provides mobile communications, data and Internet, national telephone, information technology and engineering, sale of equipment, international telephone and pay television. Co.'s key businesses include: Group Consumer, Group Digital L!fe, and Group Information and communications technology.

Vodafone Idea Ltd

Idea Cellular provides Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) based mobile services and related telephony services to individuals and businesses in India. The company operates through three segments: Mobility Services, which provides GSM based mobile and related telephony services; International Long Distance (ILD), which provides international long distance services; and Passive Infrastructure, which provides passive infrastructure services. Co. offers 2G and 3G services that comprise roaming arrangements; ILD and other services; and a range of mobile broadband devices, including dongles and 3G smartphones that provide 3G applications and data services.

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