Telecom companies pay Rs67,719 crore to
Nine telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone Essar Ltd and Reliance Communications Ltd and state run MTNL and BSNL paid Rs67,719 crore to the Indian government as third-generation spectrum fees.
Reliance Communications, country's second-largest mobile-phone operator, said it paid about Rs 5,000 crore of debt ahead schedule to cut interest costs.