Sunil Batra
Barcelona, Feb 18 (PTI) The Indian government today warned eight new players like Unitech, Swan, Loop, among others, of action if they do not roll out services even though the delay on the part of some of them could be put down to working out tie-ups with foreign firms.
The Government's stance may be a dampener because new players offer an opportunity to overseas entities to come to India, one of the fastest-growing markets in the world.
"One year is coming to an end. It is time to ask the new players. We cannot allow them to hoard precious spectrum. It is required for use elsewhere," Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura told PTI in an exclusive interview.
Behura is here to attend the GSM Mobile World Congress and has met a number of foreign operators, vendors and other telecom players.
The DoT is planning to convene a meeting of all new operators who were given licence in January 2008 and were also alloted spectrum within a few months in a number of circles.
Communication and IT Minister A Raja has been facing charges of favouring new operators by giving them spectrum at Rs 1,651 crore for the entire country as against the market price, which is several times greater. PTI
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