Is India’s biggest telecom company trying to arm twist the sector regulator into reducing tariffs?
“The telecom industry is a complex one given it continuously needs to invest in newer technologies, upgrade older ones, invest lot of money, and yet keep reducing its prices year over year (across voice and data),” Yugal Joshi, vice-president at Texas-based consultancy Everest Group, argues. “If there is a case for IUC to become zero then all operators need to agree to it, there must be a strong business case, and something which is considered sustainable. Just to pander to one large telco operator such strategic decisions cannot and shouldn’t be taken.”
