DoT To Issue Show-cause Notice To Bharti Airtel Limited And Others On Special Audit- CNBC TV-18

CNBC TV-18 reported that the government will soon issue show-cause notices to five telecom firms, including Bharti Airtel Limited, Idea , RCom and Tatas, with regard to special audit that found discrepancies in payment of licence fees. According to sources in the know, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to issue notices before raising any demand so that the companies could give their response. The DoT had conducted special audit of these telecom operators' financial books for 2006-2008 to ensure that the private operators had paid their dues to the government and there was no evasion of licence fees.