Top Vodafone officials meet telecom secretary ahead of spectrum auctions

Vodafone Chairman Gerard Kleisterlee, Chief Executive Officer Nick Read and Vodafone-Idea Managing Director and CEO Ravinder Takkar on Monday met telecom secretary Anshu Prakash at a time when the government is busy preparing for the upcoming spectrum auctions.

Vodafone Idea has been seeking a two-year moratorium on its annual spectrum payment citing debt and stress on balance sheet.

Talking to media after the meeting, Nick Read said, “We are absolutely focused on the integration of business between Vodafone and Idea.”

Both Read and Kleisterlee refused to comment on the outcome of the meeting with Prakash or the company’s future course of action in