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DOT DEADLINE FOR AIRCEL DUES PAYMENT 

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FROM M RAJENDRAN Published 23.03.00, 12:00 AM
New Delhi, March 23 :     The government has issued letters to Aircel Digilink India Ltd to pay up its outstanding licence fee for restoration of its cellular mobile telephone licences for the Rajasthan and Haryana telecom circles. In separate letters issued to the company, the department of telecommunications (DoT) has asked it to pay up a minimum of 40 per cent or more of its outstanding by March 31. The company has to pay about Rs 250 crore for migrating from the licence fee system to revenue sharing arrangement.1 Aircel hold licences for three circles-Uttar Pradesh East, Haryana and Rajasthan, but has so far paid only Rs 15 crore for the Haryana circle. The company has to pay an outstanding licence fee of Rs 175 crore for the two circles. This includes the liquidated damage charges along with interest, as per the terms of the licence. Company executives claimed that they would be able to make the payment before the March 31 deadline.    
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