DoT snuffs out all hopes of telcos Gives the firms only a few hours to pay the adjusted gross revenue; SC threatens contempt proceedings against Airtel, Vodafone, other telecom firms for non- compliance of its order New Delhi: After Supreme Court rap, the Department of Telecommunications ( DoT) has ordered firms such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to clear dues before Friday midnight.

The DoT, which faced the ire of the Supreme Court for putting on hold recovery of dues from telecom companies, started issuing circle or zonewise demand notices to firms, an order seen by PTI said.