The Department of Telecom (DoT) has lowered the total quantum of penalty from Rs 477 crore decided earlier to Rs 135.60 crore after repeated representations by the operators, giving a major benefit to all big private telecom players.
As per the latest calculation sheet, the revised liquidated damages is Rs 135.60 crore and almost all private players except Vodafone-Essar face penalties. Other than Tatas, Airtel and RCom, Aircel faces a penalty of Rs 28.85 crore, HFCL has a liquidated damages of Rs seven crore and the two PSUs — BSNL and MTNL along with Vodafone-Essar face no penalty. In the case of Tatas, Tata Teleservices faces a penalty of Rs 37.6 crore, while Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd will have to pay Rs 3.7 crore for roll-out lapses.
(Published 18 September 2009, 15:32 IST)
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