Telecom firms owe over Rs 92,000 crore as licence fees till date, Centre tells Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: Leading private telecom firms like Bharti AirtelNSE 2.36 %, Vodafone and state-owned MTNL and BSNL have pending licence fee outstanding of over Rs 92,000 crore till date, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.

In an affidavit filed in the top court, Department of Telecom (DoT) said that as per calculations, Airtel owes Rs 21,682.13 crore as licence fee to the government.

Dues from Vodafone totalled Rs 19,823.71 crore while Reliance CommunicationsNSE -3.23 % owed a total of Rs 16,456.47 crore, DoT said.