Airtel to approach DoT on AGR in coming days: MD

Telecom firm Bharti Airtel will approach the government on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) it has to pay the exchequer following the Supreme Court’s judgment that the government can reassess all AGR dues, according to Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Gopal Vittal.

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“We are pleased that the court has allowed this for reconciliation. We are now going to be taking one step at a time. So first we want to reach out to the government, and that is something that the company will do over the coming days, then we'll take it from there,” the executive said on Tuesday at the earnings call for the quarter ended September.

‘The telecom-service provider, the secondlargest in the country, had sought a review of its AGR owing to apparent errors, but its previous petitions had been rejected.