The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and seven telecom firms including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone on a plea for cancellation of 2G spectrum beyond 2×4.5 MHz for metros and 2×4.4 MHz for other circles, allocated to the firms without additional fees.
A bench of Justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhyay granted them four weeks times to file their replies on the petition, which pleaded that its separate plea to cancel additional spectrum allocated to these firms, pending with the Delhi High Court since 2008, be shifted to the apex court.
The other telecom companies which have been issued notices are Reliance Telecom Ltd, Idea Cellular Ltd, Loop Mobile (India) Limited, Spice Communications Pvt Ltd and Aircel Cellular Ltd.
