The taxes on this industry remain high. For every Rs 100 of revenue, Rs 35 go in various forms of levies. We hope that as we step up and do our part, the government will also favourably look at some of the genuine demands of the industry enabling a multiplier effect and positive outcome,"
August 30, 2021"The industry requires long overdue support to maintain its current 3+1 industry structure and allow players to earn a respectable return on their investments," Mittal said.
August 10, 2021The new Indian names include PVR Cinemas owner Ajay Bijli and members of his family, industrialist Sunil Mittal’s son and Hike Messenger CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal, and Jalaj Ashwin Dani, son of Asian Paints promoter Ashwin Dani, among others
June 21, 2018India’s largest telecom company Bharti Airtel today said it is awaiting the report by a high- level inter-ministerial panel and the government on stress in the telecom sector where competition is “going down” as a result of consolidation. “We are waiting for IMG (inter-ministerial group) and Telecom Commission report,” Mittal told reporters on the sidelines …
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October 5, 2017India represents a “refreshing change” in a world that is without clear global custodian and needs to forcefully pitch its narrative of openness to counter barriers being talked about by large powerful nations, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal said today. “What worries me is that due to lack of global leadership, we are seeing large …
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October 5, 2017Calling all telecom operators to come together and fast-track the digital India mission, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal said on Wednesday that right government policies will decide how fast the digital transformation will spread pan-India. “Right government policies will decide how fast the digital wave will spread across the country,” Mittal told the gathering at …
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September 27, 2017Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has urged the Indian telecom regulator to reject the 'Bill and Keep' (BAK) method and said it should continue with the interconnection usage charge (IUC) regime. "The current IUC at 14 paisa is already well below cost and it will be in fitness of things that while taking a final …
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July 25, 2017Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of India’s largest telecom firm Bharti Airtel, will take home a higher annual pay package of over Rs.30 crore, excluding perquisites, for this fiscal. Mittal – who has been re-appointed as the chairman of the company for another five years – will get a fixed pay of Rs.21 crore per …
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