Tata Tele, Airtel, RCom and others face Rs 136-crore penalty

The government has proposed a penalty of over Rs 41 crore on Tata Tele, Rs 31 crore on Airtel and Rs 19.65 crore on RCom and others, totalling Rs 135.60 crore, for not rolling out network on time. The Department of Telecommunications (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.