Letter to BS: Telecom sector needs sensibility from the regulator

It is hoped that the government and the regulator will come together and take the requisite steps to propel the sector on the growth and profitability path

This refers to the editorial “The telecom test” (March 30). Over the past couple of years, the telecom sector has been going through turbulent times. Lower-than-normal tariff because of hyper competition has bled all the telecom companies, putting them in a precarious financial condition. And when the tariff started to go upward recently, the AGR issue attained its finality, putting any hope for a quick recovery to rest. All these developments ensured that the telecommunication service provi­ders (TSPs) remained stressed. Quite a few of them are looking for ways to survive. Because of all this, infrastructure augmentation had to take