MUMBAI: India's bankruptcy court on Tuesday admitted an insolvency plea filed via Sweden's Ericsson against Reliance Communications, probably delaying the Indian firm's plans to sell property to lighten its debt load.
Ericsson, which signed a seven-year deal in 2014 to operate and organize Reliance Communications' nationwide telecoms network, is seeking Rs 1,155 crore ($170 million) from the company and two of its subsidiaries.
Worries in regards to the skill of RCom, as the company is widely recognized, to pay off its near $7 billion debt to Indian and foreign banks have been mounting for greater than a yr.
Like different incumbents in India's telecoms sector, RCom has been hit via a fierce price competition over the past yr, especially after the access of Reliance Jio, which introduced loose voice and cut-price knowledge plans.
Run via rich businessman Anil Ambani, RCom has stated it plans to scale back its debt via promoting property such as airwaves, cell masts and fibre optic investments.
The corporate also plans to sell most of its wireless property to Reliance Jio - managed via the country's richest guy and Anil's elder brother Mukesh Ambani - in a deal resources stated was once price about $3.eight billion.
However, Tuesday's order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), signifies that the asset sale would now be overseen via a court appointed administrator.
A attorney for RCom stated it would enchantment. The corporate in a press unlock stated it would decide the next course of action after finding out the detailed orders of NCLT.
Under India's bankruptcy legislation, insolvency solution must be completed inside a maximum nine months, failing which the company is liquidated.
With debt of Rs 45,733 crore ($6.7 billion) at the end of March 2017, RCom is the most-leveraged of all listed telecoms carriers in India.
The corporate shut down its shopper cell trade overdue remaining yr.
RCom's asset sale plan has also stalled because it faces a separate legal problem after HSBC Daisy Investments (Mauritius) Ltd filed a petition accusing the company of oppression of minority shareholders and operational mismanagement.
RCom stocks closed down eight.2 in keeping with cent on Tuesday in a broader Mumbai marketplace that ended in large part unchanged. The corporate is ready to record earning for the quarter ended March on May 19.
Ericsson, which signed a seven-year deal in 2014 to operate and organize Reliance Communications' nationwide telecoms network, is seeking Rs 1,155 crore ($170 million) from the company and two of its subsidiaries.
Worries in regards to the skill of RCom, as the company is widely recognized, to pay off its near $7 billion debt to Indian and foreign banks have been mounting for greater than a yr.
Like different incumbents in India's telecoms sector, RCom has been hit via a fierce price competition over the past yr, especially after the access of Reliance Jio, which introduced loose voice and cut-price knowledge plans.
Run via rich businessman Anil Ambani, RCom has stated it plans to scale back its debt via promoting property such as airwaves, cell masts and fibre optic investments.
The corporate also plans to sell most of its wireless property to Reliance Jio - managed via the country's richest guy and Anil's elder brother Mukesh Ambani - in a deal resources stated was once price about $3.eight billion.
However, Tuesday's order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), signifies that the asset sale would now be overseen via a court appointed administrator.
A attorney for RCom stated it would enchantment. The corporate in a press unlock stated it would decide the next course of action after finding out the detailed orders of NCLT.
Under India's bankruptcy legislation, insolvency solution must be completed inside a maximum nine months, failing which the company is liquidated.
With debt of Rs 45,733 crore ($6.7 billion) at the end of March 2017, RCom is the most-leveraged of all listed telecoms carriers in India.
The corporate shut down its shopper cell trade overdue remaining yr.
RCom's asset sale plan has also stalled because it faces a separate legal problem after HSBC Daisy Investments (Mauritius) Ltd filed a petition accusing the company of oppression of minority shareholders and operational mismanagement.
RCom stocks closed down eight.2 in keeping with cent on Tuesday in a broader Mumbai marketplace that ended in large part unchanged. The corporate is ready to record earning for the quarter ended March on May 19.
Bankruptcy court allows Ericsson's insolvency plea against RCom
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