Division of Telecom Mentioned to Obtain Rs. 17,876 Crore From Operators as Upfront Fee for 5G Spectrum

The Division of Telecom (DoT) has obtained upfront cost of round Rs 17,876 crore from Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Adani Knowledge Networks and Vodafone Concept for spectrum they received in a current public sale, in keeping with sources. Whereas all telecom operators have opted to make funds in 20 annual installments, Bharti Airtel has paid Rs 8,312.4 crore equal to 4 annual installments.

Reliance Jio has made cost of Rs. 7,864.78 crore, Vodafone Concept Rs. 1,679.98 crore and Adani Knowledge Networks Rs. 18.94 crore.

“DoT has obtained a complete cost of round Rs. 17,876 crore. Solely Bharti Airtel has paid for 4 annual installments at one go,” an official supply mentioned.

The nation’s biggest-ever public sale of telecom spectrum obtained a file Rs. 1.5 lakh crore value of bids, with Mukesh Ambani’s Jio cornering practically half of all airwaves bought with a Rs. 87,946.93 crore bid.

Gautam Adani’s group has positioned bids value Rs 211.86 crore for the 400 MHz in a band that’s not used for providing public telephony companies.

Telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Bharti Airtel made a profitable bid of Rs. 43,039.63 crore, whereas Vodafone Concept Ltd purchased spectrum for Rs. 18,786.25 crore.

On Wednesday, telecom operator Airtel introduced that it had paid Rs. 8,312.4 crore to the Division of Telecom in the direction of dues for spectrum acquired within the lately concluded 5G auctions.

With the cost, Airtel has paid 4 years of 2022 spectrum dues upfront. The corporate had an choice to pay Rs. 3,848.88 crore upfront and the remainder in 19 annual instalments.

Airtel mentioned it believes that this upfront cost, coupled with the moratorium on spectrum dues and AGR (adjusted gross income)-related funds for 4 years, will unlock future money flows and permit Airtel to dedicate sources to single-mindedly focus on the 5G rollout.