Supreme Court rejects telcos' plea for licence extension

[Anup Tiwari]

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has
dismissed a batch of petitions filed
by various telecom companies,
including Vodafone and Bharti Airtel,
seeking extension of their spectrum
licences.
"We see no merit. The petitions are
dismissed," a bench headed by J
Chelameswar said.
The Supreme Court had reserved its
verdict on a bunch of similar
petitions filed by Bharti Airtel, Idea
Cellular, Vodafone Mobile Services
and Loop Mobile India which had
sought extension of their 20-year
spectrum licences by another 10
years.
The telecom operators had
challenged the government's
decision to reject their applications
for extension of their licences and
auction the spectrum surrendered by
them.


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