Airtel ne Department of Telecom (DoT) ko likhit roop se ek badi maang ki hai. Company chahti hai ki use bhi Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues ke mamle mein wahi rahat mile jo Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) ko di gayi hai. Yeh baat company ke Executive Vice-Chairman Gopal Vittal ne haal hi mein earnings call mein bhi kahi thi. Unhone bataya ki is mamle mein DoT ko kai khat bhejkar spashtata aur barabari ki maang ki gayi hai.
Regulatory Kaun Parakh
Airtel ki yeh maang sarkaar dwara sabhi operators ko ek samaan vyavhaar dene par kendrit hai. Supreme Court ke ek aadesh ke baad, Union Cabinet ne Vodafone Idea ko ek badi rahat di thi. Iske tahat, FY 2006-07 se FY 2018-19 tak ke AGR dues ko ₹87,695 crore par freeze kar diya gaya tha, haalanki in jamak ki gayi rakam par abhi bhi punarmulyankan hona hai. Bharti Airtel, jis par khud ek badi liability hai, ab isi tarah ke sharten chahti hai.
Financial Asar Kya Hoga?
Samuhik roop se, telecom operators par FY 2024-25 tak ₹1.77 lakh crore se zyada ka AGR dues ka bojh hai. Bharti Airtel ka hissa isme ₹51,091 crore hai. Doosre bade players mein Vodafone Idea ka ₹89,952 crore, Tata Group ka ₹20,426 crore, MTNL ka ₹14,462 crore, aur Reliance Jio Infocomm ka ₹1,984 crore shamil hai. Airtel ki is maang ka nateeja Indian telecom market mein company ki financial health aur competitive position par gehra asar daal sakta hai. Agar maang maani jaati hai to company par financial dabaav kam hoga, jabki agar inkaar hota hai to use apne debt obligations ko manage karne ke liye doosre tareeke sochne padh sakte hain.