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Idea Cellular Q4 FY13 Concall: Declining VAS Revenue, ARPU At Rs 167

Idea Cellular reported standalone revenue of Rs. 6095.1 crore, up YoY from Rs 5403.5 crore for Q4 FY13. More here. Highlights from Idea Cellular’s quarterly conference call for the quarter ended March 31, 2013: On carrier competition: Idea noted that the competitive landscape is becoming clearer with five pan India GSM operators and 3 to 4 regional operators, down from 12 to 16 operators in each service area in 2009. It also noted that despite the recent auction held in March 2013, India did not attract any new large telecom companies.  Unavailability of spectrum: Idea noted that as per its calculations, the Indian government has a minimum of 286.1 MHz of 1800 MHz spectrum which it received after Supreme Court cancelled licenses. Govt also received an additional block return by the defense forces, 85 MHz of 800 MHz spectrum, 200 to 250 MHz of 2100 MHz spectrum with an average 2 to 3 slots available for 3G spectrum in each circle. It also speculates that 600 to 900 MHz of Spectrum will become available in 700 MHz when regulators finalizes the channel design for 4G spectrum. However, it points out that inspite of large spectrum bands available to the government, it's unlikely to reach operators hands due to the gap in ability of operators to pay high price for carrier. Tax cases: The company informed that it received two separate tax assessments orders, which it thinks are unjustified. The Income Tax department had slapped Rs 3900 crore notice on Idea Cellular and its…

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