Reliance Industries’ (RIL) telecom arm -- Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) has made upfront payments to the telecom department for the spectrum bought in the just-ended auctions. The company has made an upfront payment of about Rs 15,019 crore. The auctions held earlier this month raked-in winning bids of over Rs 77,800 crore for 855.6 MHz of spectrum. Reliance Jio spent the most in the auction, picking up 488.35 MHz spectrum in bands such as 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz for over Rs 57,100 crore.
Reliance Industries is India’s largest private sector company. The company’s activities span hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail and 4G digital services.
