New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) India's largest private mobile
operator Bharti Airtel today expressed concern over government
imposing penalties even on "small issues", saying this hampers
growth of the sector and spreads fear among investors.
"It is unfair to impose penalties and issuing show cause
notices by the Department of Telecom for every small issue.
This is hampering the growth of the sector," Bharti Airtel
chairman Sunil Mittal said at a meeting of telecom minister A
Raja with the operators here today.
He cited an example of notices issued by the government
to private telecom operators for having mobile telephony
signals along the country's borders.
"It spreads fear among investors," Mittal said.
He also asked the minister to rationalise the duties
being paid by telecom operators.
Raja held an hour-long meeting with operators and their
associations to review the telecom scenario and sought their
suggestions before finalising guidelines and any policy
relating to allocation of spectrum or issuing fresh licences.
Mittal also criticised telecom regulator TRAI over its
recent recommendations on spectrum, saying there were many
technical faults. TRAI has issued eight corrections last week
itself and asked the minister not to accept them without
analysing their impact on the sector, he added. PTI MST SKB
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