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Voda Idea dips 11% as SC rejects telcos’ plea for new schedule for AGR dues

Shares of Vodafone Concept reversed their early early morning gains and dipped 11 for each cent to Rs three.96 on the BSE on Friday soon after the Supreme Court rejected the telcos’ plea searching for new routine of altered gross revenues (AGR) payments.

Coming down closely on the Division of Telecommunications (DoT) for not getting coercive motion versus telcos for failing to repay, the apex courtroom requested contempt proceedings versus Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Concept. Read through Far more


Vodafone Concept, Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices had submitted modification applications on the time routine to make payments of above Rs 1 trillion that they owe to DoT as AGR.

The apex courtroom also pulled up the DoT desk officer who wrote to the Lawyer Standard asking him to not insist on payemnt of dues. The SC issued a contempt notice to the officer to demonstrate why no motion really should be initiated versus him.

The courtroom summoned running director, director of all telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Concept and some others on March 17 to demonstrate why these dues have been not deposited even with orders and why contempt motion have to not be taken versus them for non-compliance of buy.

Other telecom shares also declined. Bharti Infratel slipped five for each cent to Rs 227.95 though Tata Teleservices was locked in ten for each cent reduce circuit at Rs three.28. Bharti Airtel also slipped 1 for each cent right before swiftly paring the losses.

Yesterday, Vodafone Concept had also described a consolidated reduction of Rs 6,439 crore for the December quarter (Q3FY20). The telecom expert services service provider had posted reduction of Rs five,005 crore in the same quarter of very last fiscal.

In two weeks prior to the Q3 results, Vodafone Idea’s inventory had underperformed the current market by falling 24 for each cent, as when compared to a marginal .18 for each cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex. It hit an all-time very low of Rs 2.61 on November fifteen, 2019 on the BSE.

Vodafone Concept posted revenues of Rs 11,089 crore for the duration of the quarter underneath overview, down 6 for each cent above the calendar year-ago quarter, and this was in line with analyst estimates.

However, on a sequential basis, the firm posted a advancement level of 2.three for each cent. When the value hike has not so significantly been reflected in the functionality, the gains on a sequential basis have been led by 4G additions and advancement in regular earnings for each user (ARPU). When 4G addition advancement was 9.4 for each cent, ARPU advancement was 1.8 for each cent. On a YoY basis, ARPUs have been up 22 for each cent.

In Q3FY20, the company’s earnings right before curiosity, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) margins (excluding Ind AS 116 influence) stood at 11.6 for each cent vs ten.2 for each cent in Q2FY20.