New Delhi: Government expects a revenue of Rs 98,994.93 crore from communication services in fiscal 2017 that includes proceeds from spectrum auction and other fees levied by the Department of Telecom (DoT).

The estimated receipts from communication services for next year is around double of the revised estimates for the current financial year at Rs 56,034.35 crore. The government had earlier estimated a revenue of Rs 42,865.62 crore in 2015-16.