DoT gets a total of ₹15,897 crore from 16 telecom operators as SUC, LF dues

Telecommunications (DoT) has received a total of ₹15,896.51 crore from 16 telecom operators, due as spectrum usage charges (SUC) and license fees (LF), while a balance of ₹1,3,0440.47 crore is due from these firms.

Vodafone Idea (Idea Cellular and Vodafone Group) has paid a total of ₹3,500 crore, Bharti Group of companies paid ₹9,500 crore and Telenor India paid ₹500 crore, according to a reply provided in Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Communications, Human Resource Development and Electronics & Information Technology, Sanjay Dhotre.

Dhotre, answering an unstarred question from Member of Parliament Adoor Prakash, said DoT received ₹2,197.37 crore from Tata Group, ₹195.18 crore from Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) and ₹3.96 crore from beleaguered Reliance Communications (RCom).