Accounts Payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

29	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, 2018		December 31, 2017
	Million		Million

Payable in the periods below:

Within 1 month or on demand		164,081		201,429
After 1 month but within 3 months		8,902		13,086
After 3 months but within 6 months		7,349		7,660
After 6 months but within 9 months		3,411		2,761
After 9 months but within 12 months		7,104		8,233


		190,847		233,169

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