Accounts Payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

31	ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

Accounts payable primarily include payables for expenditure of network expansion, maintenance and interconnection expenses.

The aging analysis of accounts payable is as follows:


	As of		As of
	December 31, 2019 Million		December 31, 2018 Million
Payable in the periods below:
Within 1 month or on demand		139,856		164,081
After 1 month but within 3 months		6,270		8,902
After 3 months but within 6 months		4,839		7,349
After 6 months but within 9 months		4,569		3,411
After 9 months but within 12 months		9,284		7,104

		164,818		190,847

All of the accounts payable are expected to be settled within one year or are repayable on demand.