(Telecompaper) The Indian government is demanding over INR 230 billion from mobile operators for excess spectrum holdings, the Times of India writes. BSNL is asked to pay around INR 69.12 billion, Bharti Airtel is required to pay INR 52.01 billion, Vodafone has been sent a notice for INR 35.99 billion, MTN for INR 32.05 billion, Idea Cellular for INR 21.13 billion, Aircel for INR 13.65 billion, Loop Mobile is asked to pay INR 6.06 billion, and Reliance Communications is required to pay INR 1.73 billion. In November, the government decided that operators are required to pay for spectrum holdings over 6.2 MHz from July 2008 to 1 January 2013. After that, for spectrum above 4.4 MHz they would have to pay for the remaining period of their licences based on the prices achieved in the auction held last November.