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The government, however, amended the tax laws with retrospective effect to undo the Supreme Court judgement and claim taxes.
Bharti may look at gaining market share pre-merger and benefit from a lower capex intensity
The investment was committed to by Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone Group Plc.
UK-based Vodafone Group on Friday said its Indian unit Vodafone India reported a growth of nearly 9 per cent in revenue to 1.03 billion pounds during the first quarter ended June 30, 2011, driven by an increase in its customer base.
The companies are being probed into for alleged corruption in spectrum allocation during NDA regime.
The British mobile phone operator was widely expected to go for an international arbitration after its talks with the Indian government failed to find a solution last year.
Essar wants reverse merger of Essar Telecom Holdings Ltd into its listed group firm, India Securities Ltd.
The board of GSM service provider Vodafone-Essar is expected to discuss the income tax issue at its meeting to be held on Friday.
Zain, which operates across West Asia and North Africa, provides mobile services to over 41.4 million customers and has commercial presence in eight countries.
On January 20, the court allowed Vodafone's appeal and had quashed the Bombay High Court verdict which had upheld the decision to levy tax on the overseas deal.
Bombay High Court had earlier dismissed a petition filed by Vodafone and ruled that the tax office had jurisdiction to tax its 2007 deal.
Idea Cellular will have to furnish an undertaking that it will entertain all the liabilities whenever a final decision is taken by the courts
Wooing overseas investors, government on Wednesday decided against challenging the Bombay High Court decision favouring Vodafone in the Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion) tax case and adopt a similar approach in transfer pricing litigations involving other MNCs like Shell.
Telecom Egypt, which already owns a 45 per cent in Vodafone Egypt, approached UK-based Vodafone about buying the remaining stake.
This equity capital infusion is the country's largest-ever FDI.
Vodafone pleaded in High Court that IT department had no jurisdiction in the transfer pricing case because the said transaction was not international and did not attract tax.
The government has allocated spectrum to Vodafone in all 14 service areas, where the telecom major won in November 2012 auction for Rs 1,127.94 crore (Rs 11,27 billion).
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is in the process of issuing a show-cause notice to Vodafone Idea (Vi) for delaying the payment of licence fee. Companies pay 8 per cent of their adjusted gross revenue as licence fee. This also includes a universal service obligation levy. The fee is collected from each of the 22 telecom circles in the country on a quarterly basis.
Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile operator by sales, is set to slash up to 500 jobs in the UK, says a media report.
The first notice in the transaction relating to the sale of 67 per cent stake of Hutchison Essar Ltd was issued on March 15, 2007, under section 133(6) of the Income Tax Act.
Vodafone is partnering social networking site Facebook to launch a 'Facebook' phone. This would give users one-click access to the site.
Vodafone case: Questions still remain unanswered and the whole world is eyeing final outcome. The questions remaining unanswered by the high court would have several multinationals on tenterhooks, as the consequences, both for tax payers with similar transactions and perhaps for Indian M&A fortunes may be far reaching.
The government's decision to opt for a non-binding attempt at conciliation and under Indian law in its tax dispute with telecom multinational Vodafone is understandable, note experts.
Incoming charges while roaming have been a hindrance to worry-free usage
The submission was made before additional sessions judge Hardeep Kaur, who extended the judicial custody of all the six accused till March 1.
Analyst say the ruling is good news, especially from the global perspective.
Vodafone, which had earlier challenged the $2-billion tax demand by tax authorities, has now filed a revised draft with the Bombay High Court seeking to challenge the government's move to change tax laws. The petition will come up for hearing before the high court on June 23. The ministry had amended Section 201 of the I-T Act with retrospective effect from 2002. The amended law stipulates that the buyer of the shares of a company is liable to pay taxes in India.
Says that the minister has a conflict of interest because his son has been a counsel for Vodafone.
The company also that final settlement is anticipated to be completed by November, 2011.
Country accounts for 38% of telco's global user base, 10% of total revenue
Vodafone in India provides 2G and 3G services
Sibal's predecessor Ashwani Kumar had rejected FinMin's plea for conciliation terming it illegal.
The company has booked around 350 spots for the 2015 tournament.
Vodafone brings back the 'ambassador pug' to advertise its customer care services. This is the third dog after Spikey and Chika being used for Vodafone and Hutch campaigns respectively. The pug brings a likeability factor to the brand irrespective of the fact whether you are a customer or not. Hutch had a positive brand image and to make sure that it continued the effective use of the dog was extremely pivotal for the transition. The pug is an integral part of communication.
Piramal owns an 11 per cent stake in Vodafone India.
Contrary to reports that world's largest mobile phone company Vodafone is planning to bid for South Africa's MTN, the UK-based firm has said it is not in the race to acquire the African mobile major. "Vodafone has ruled itself out of the running to acquire South African mobile phone group MTN, paving the way for Bharti Airtel of India to take a majority stake in the company."
Maintaining that no tax liability arises from its $11 billion buyout deal with Hutchison in 2007, UK-based telecom major Vodafone today said it would continue to "vigorously" pursue the case in the Indian court.
British telecom giant Vodafone on Tuesday announced a 14.1 per cent jump in the group's revenues to 35.5 billion pounds with its India business delivering a strong growth of over 50 per cent during the year ended March 31.
Vodafone Essar seeks withdrawal of show cause notices, as according to the company no licenced condition has been breached.
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