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Recovery in Indian telecom sector likely to be prolonged: ICRA

28 Mar 2018 Evaluate

Amid intense pricing competition among telecom companies, the ratings agency, ICRA in its latest report has said that the recovery in the telecom sector is likely to be prolonged and the companies may see the pressure on their cash flows for few more quarters.

The rating agency has said that price competition in the sector is expected to continue to remain intense as the larger operators are contesting to acquire subscribers of the exiting telcos and added that the revenues and OPBDITA of the sector may fall by 13% and 34% respectively, in financial year 2017-18 (FY2018). However, it expects recovery in revenues and profitability of telecom sector by end of financial year 2018-19 (FY2019) and is also expecting reduction in the industry debt levels to Rs 4.3 lakh crore by FY2019 from the estimation of Rs 4.7 lakh crore as on March 31, 2018, on the back of asset monetisation and increased promoter support. 

Besides, on the long term basis, ICRA expects recovery in the sector, on the back of a consolidated structure, better pricing power and data usage with greater price-inelasticity. It also noted that larger telcos are getting an opportunity from the exit of smaller telcos to garner subscribers and the competition for them remains intense.

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