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The top executives of three of India’s larger mobile network operators have reportedly called on the prime minster Manmohan Sign to refund the fees they paid for their respective 3G concessions amid continued debate over the issue of roaming for such services. According to the Times of India, Bharti Airtel CEO Sunil Mittal, Vittorio Colao, CEO of UK-based Vodafone Group, which owns Vodafone Essar, and Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest shareholders in Idea Cellular, wrote a joint letter to the PM. The trio are reported to have called for a refund of their 3G auction payments, along with interest and compensation charges should 3G roaming be disallowed. [More]

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