MUMBAI (NewsRise) -- India's decision to allow telecom companies to defer spectrum payments offers a short-term breather to wireless carriers, but for floundering operator Vodafone Idea, the measure could be too little, too late.
Telecom companies may get only a short-term breather from the government move

Vodafone Idea may have to pay as much as 442 billion rupees ($6.2 billion) in adjusted gross revenue dues and penalties, the biggest in the industry, while rival Bharti will have to fork out 343 billion rupees. © Reuters
MUMBAI (NewsRise) -- India's decision to allow telecom companies to defer spectrum payments offers a short-term breather to wireless carriers, but for floundering operator Vodafone Idea, the measure could be too little, too late.