High debt, cash burn could spur telcos to hike tariffs: HDFC Securities

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
cash burn, said HDFC Securities. The brokerage said that Jio, which has spent Rs 2.4 trillion cumulatively up to financial year 2017-18 in
becoming a digital behemoth, is likely to spend an additional Rs 400 to Rs 500 billion in capital expenditure in the current financial year,
and another Rs 150-200 billion to acquire the telecom assets of Reliance Communications. Investments may also be required on
to fund the cash burn from its robust oil and gas cash flows and thereby corner the competition
With high stakes in the business by the trio (Jio, Bharti and Idea-Vodafone) and possibility of capital infusion, we have pinned our hope on
consummates to regain the lost momentum, said the brokerage.