Telcos pay Rs 8,000 Cr to DoT, Voda Idea coughs up Rs 3k Cr

Mumbai: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Tuesday received about Rs 8,000 crore from telcos, with Vodafone IdeaNSE -2.74 % (VIL), Bharti AirtelNSE 1.30 % and Reliance Jio paying for airwaves bought in the 2014 auctions, and Tata TeleservicesNSE -3.92 % paying Rs 2,000 crore towards adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues.

People familiar with the matter said that Vodafone Idea paid the DoT Rs 3,042.80 crore and rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel paid Rs 1,053 crore and Rs 1,950 crore, respectively, meeting a deadline for spectrum payments.