Is Vodafone Idea, India’s third largest telco, worth saving?
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Vodafone Idea: The Government's Choice
Vodafone has a liability of more than $8 billion. Waving off Spectrum dues is also not a possibility because other telcos might ask the government to do the same for them or they could even take the government to court. The outcome according to brokerage firm CLSA's analyst Deepti Chaturvedi and Soreme Rutra is this. If Vodafone idea is not able to pay $5 billion in annual payments from the financial year 2026 when the four-year moratorium ends, the government may be compelled to take ownership's take of about 88%. And if the shrinking of its customers continues, the government can take a final call when the full 5
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