New Delhi, March 26 -- Bharti Airtel and its subsidiary Bharti Hexacom Ltd. have prepaid additional Rs.5,985 crore to the Department of Telecom thereby fully prepaying the high-cost interest liabilities of 8.65% pertaining to the 2024 auctions. Bharti Airtel's subsidiary Network i2i Ltd. has also voluntarily called and redeemed $1 billion in Perpetual Notes.

Bharti Airtel has now prepaid Rs.25,981 crore of high-cost spectrum liabilities for the current 2025 fiscal year and has cumulatively prepaid spectrum liabilities of Rs.66,665 crore as on date, the company said in a regulatory filing.

"The average interest rate on the cumulative liabilities prepaid was approximately 9.74%. Airtel had earlier fully prepaid liabilities that had intere...