Vodafone asks India court to halt spectrum auction as it is "illegal"
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A worker replaces fluorescent lights on a Vodafone billboard in New Delhi on June 20, 2011. Vodafone says it has filed a court petition to stop India's government from auctioning off rights to the cellphone spectrum it now uses for 18.7 million customers. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS
MUMBAI (AP) - Vodafone says it has filed a court petition to stop India's government from auctioning off rights to the cellphone spectrum it now uses for 18.7 million customers.
India's second-biggest mobile phone operator says the planned auction is illegal because its licence for the 900 MHz spectrum allows it to renew for 10 more years.
Instead, the Department of Telecommunications decided to put the spectrum up for auction to allow new companies to bid on it.
Vodafone said on Wednesday that it has petitioned the Delhi High Court challenging the auction.
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