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Telecom dept asks Voda India, Airtel to pay Rs 3,050 cr in penalties: ET

 Airtel has to pay Rs 1,050 crore and Vodafone Idea Rs 2,000 crore, says report.

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The telecom department has asked Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to pay within three weeks Rs 3,050 crore as penalties for allegedly breaking licence terms by denying Reliance Jio Infocomm their networks, the Economic Times reported Friday two weeks after the government announced a relief package for the industry. Airtel has to pay Rs 1,050 crore and Vodafone Idea Rs 2,000 crore for the alleged violation of norms on points of interconnection (PoIs) in 2016, said the newspaper. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had recommended fines in 2016; the telecom department accepted its recommendations in June 2019 but had not served the notices till now.

Vodafone and Idea merged in August 2018.

The union cabinet on September 15 approved a relief package for its cash-strapped telecoms sector including a four-year moratorium on airwaves payments due to the government. The measures gave breathing space to debt-ridden Vodafone Idea, which previously said it runs the risk of a shutdown without government help and more time to pay dues.


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