India Mobile Congress: Mittal sees challenges, Ambani opportunities

Ambani said Jio was committed to building a deep-fibre network across the country

The radical change the telecom industry has gone over the past two years and its resulting sentiment were visible at the second edition of the India Mobile Congress.

While Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal rued about high taxes and spectrum charges on the sector, Mukesh Ambani, who led a telecom revolution through Reliance Jio, talked about connecting everybody in the country at most affordable rates.

Ambani did not mention the taxation and levies. Rather, he stressed how India would be a fully-4G country and ready for 5G ahead of others.

Speaking during the inaugural session, Mittal said though consolidation was a reality in