Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal has said cellular service providers should be paid over Rs 10,000 crore as compensation if the government amends rules and allows wireless in local loop (WLL) operators to offer full mobility.
Mittal said the Rs 10,000 crore figure was based on a study commissioned by the Cellular Operators Association of India and conducted by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
He said this would bring about a level playing field, which had been disturbed because WLL operators like Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices were offering almost fully mobile services.