Bharti Airtel expects to receive spectrum soon

New Delhi, Jan 16: Leading telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Ltd today said it expects the government to accept the telecom watchdog's recommendation on spectrum allocation and is hopeful of recieving additional radio frequency soon.

''We hope the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) will agree with TRAI's recommendations,'' company Chairman Sunil Mittal told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here. The government has no choice but to allocate spectrum to the existing operators as per the TRAI norms, he said adding the company expects to receive the radio waves shortly.

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