The nine successful bidders for 3G spectrum paid Rs.67,719 crore in total to the government with Bharti Airtel paying the highest amount of Rs 12,295.46 crore for 13 circles, followed by Vodafone with Rs 11,617.86 crore.

BSNL paid Rs.10,186.56 crore while RCom paid Rs.8,585.04 crore and MTNL Rs.6,564 crore.