Idea Cellular and Vodafone India have paid Rs 7, 248 crore dues to the Department of Telecom (DoT), relating to the administrative spectrum charges. This includes Rs 3,926 crore in cash and Rs 3,322 crore in bank guarantees, totalling Rs 7,248 crore.
Idea Cellular is an AV Birla group company and provides Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)-based wireless service at the pan-India level.