India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India were given additional spectrum in ‘undue haste’ in January 2002, the Business Standard Reports. The CBI claimed that the then-communications minister, Pramod Mahajan, had bypassed the opinions of wireless advisor, the finance ministry and the Telecom Commission to allocate spectrum to the two cellcos beyond 6.2MHz. The CBI accused the minister of undercharging for the spectrum, leading to losses to state coffers of some INR5.08 billion (USD91.88 million)
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