Management of Bank Guarantees:-
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One of the major reforms under Telecom Reforms 2021 was Bank Guarantee Reforms which included rationalization of BGs submitted by TSPs/ operators. Subsequently, O/o CGCA was made the Bank Guarantee Management Office (BGMO) for the centralized licenses and was also given the task to rationalize the Bank Guarantees of TSPs like Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, BSNL etc.
Accordingly, Revenue Section, CGCA rationalized the BGs of all the TSPs which are categorized as centralized licenses. The details of the Bank Guarantees of Centralized Licenses in the custody of O/o CGCA as on 30.04.2026 is as below:
|
BG DETAILS AS ON 30.04.2026
|
| Name of licensee |
Count of BG Number |
Sum of Amount of BG |
| Adani Data Networks Ltd |
18 |
174220000 |
| Andra Pradesh state Fiber Net Limited |
6 |
196100000 |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd |
76 |
20940377700 |
| Bharti Hexacom Ltd |
8 |
1464531482 |
| BSNL |
22 |
440000000 |
| Inviolable Technology Pvt Ltd |
2 |
24000000 |
| Quadrant Televentures Ltd |
16 |
96410000 |
| Reliance Jio Infocomm ltd |
9 |
12808680000 |
| Ring Central India Pvt Ltd |
50 |
558220000 |
| Tata Communications Ltd |
31 |
593327929 |
| Tata Tele Services Ltd |
42 |
1186267777 |
| Tata Tele Services Maharashtra Ltd |
3 |
227309411 |
| Telengana Fiber Grid Corporation Ltd |
2 |
24000000 |
| V.Con Mobile & Infra P Ltd |
6 |
39262079 |
| Vodafone Idea Ltd |
109 |
21851208798 |
| Webex Communications India P Ltd |
48 |
540100000 |
| ZVC India Private Ltd |
59 |
455121500 |
| Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd |
18 |
998550540 |
| Sistema Smart Technologies Pvt Ltd |
68 |
4242964311 |
| Aircel Ltd |
6 |
485914293 |
| Reliance Communication Ltd |
111 |
9576130843 |
| Reliance Telecom Ltd |
54 |
4910103244 |
| Dishnet Wireless Ltd |
3 |
40240000 |
| Videocon Telecommunication Ltd |
14 |
800987022 |
| Grand Total |
781 |
82674026929 |
As per the license agreement, half yearly review of bank guarantees has to be conducted for all the centralized licensees. O/o CGCA conducted the half yearly review for the centralized licenses in the month of April 2025 and October 2025. Accordingly, enhanced BG amount was asked to be submitted by the TSPs whose details is as below:
| Name of TSP |
Enhanced BG amount as per HYR ( April 2025) in Rs |
Enhanced BG amount as per HYR ( October 2025) in Rs |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd |
78,58,18,467 |
68,50,67,575 |
| Bharti Hexacom Ltd |
7,08,08,891 |
6,08,69,171 |
| Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
|
68,09,00,000 |
63,85,00,000 |
| ZVC India Pvt Ltd
|
14,28,400 |
Nil |
| Tata Communications Ltd
|
93,05,579 |
66,89,630 |
| Tata Teleservices Ltd
|
Nil |
9,68,337 |
| Tata Communications Ltd
Ltd
|
93,05,579 |
66,89,630 |
| TOTAL
|
1,54,82,61,337 |
1,48,97,14,156 |
