Bharti Airtel gets to use spectrum for 3 more months in 6 circles

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel has paid more than Rs 35 crore to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to continue using spectrum for three months in the six circles where the telco’s licences are expiring this year.

The payment has been done as a provisional measure to ensure continuity of telecom operations, people familiar with the matter said.

“The DoT has renewed the licence for the circles but since the auction is yet to be conducted, the government granted three months extension for using the airwaves by paying the reserve price,” one person in the know told ET.